and there was always an outside shot…a chance maybe…that was the hope…we all gotta have hope…

this deal…this thing we do…what’ll get ya’ in the end…advancement…opportunity…better options…always seeking out better options…buying time..so be it…

it’s not always gonna’ be around…you know this…right…what’s good for the goose…whose foolin’ who…my cards are shown…

and so there’s talk…coffee…a little pastry…pleasantries are exchanged…but no deal has been struck…the deal expired at midnight…

at midnight…when good girls and boys across the land of milk and honey dream of joys and riches beyond belief…safely held in Mother America’s arms…

where was i….far away…far far away…waiting for the call… it never came…