Leave the Driving

Out on the old coast highway

Flyin' through the night

Jed got stopped by the CHP

For speedin' and no brake lights

Rolled down the drivers window

Slipped his gun down under the seat

Glove box full of cocaine

Trunk was full of weed

"driver's license and registration,"

Said the officer with his flashlight

Searchin' around the floor of the car

Smellin' like somethin' ain't right

Jed's life flashed before him

Like a black and white super 8

He heard the sound of the future

On a scratchy old 78

Nothin' was still, all was movin'

When the flashlight found the gun

Then jed pulled the trigger

In a split second tragic blunder

"makes you think about livin'

And what life has to tell,"

Said jed to grandpa

From inside his cell

Camouflage hung in his closet

Guns all over the wall

Plans for buildings and engineers

And a book with no numbers at all

The whole town was stunned

They closed the coast highway for 12 hours

No one could believe it

Jed was one of ours

Meanwhile across the ocean

Living in the internet

Is the cause of an explosion

No one has heard yet

But there's no need to worry

There's no reason to fuss

Just go on about your work now

And leave the driving to us

And we'll be watching you

No matter what you do

And you can do your part

By watching others too

Grandpa put down the paper

Staring in disbelief

Jed had always been good to him

And never gave him any grief

"the moral of this story

Is try not to get too old

The more time you spend on earth

The more you see unfold

And as an afterthought

This must to be told

Some people have taken pure bullshit

And turned it into gold"