Jumpking Jacks

I was wondering: will you let me stay. I have a couple things to say. Can I offer you raisins? They come from northern California. I've never been to California. Can I call you tomorrow? Call me anytime. I'll sign you up for favours if you speak a word my way. [chorus] No time. Sir you are sliding away. I read in his book that he struggled every way, became himself each day. [verse]Take pain as part of the package. Don't let the 21st century trick you into numbness. We traded technology for profound dumbness. I walked with an exchange student, wondering what she saw in my country. From a land of crushing humanity, I'd pay my leg to breathe free. You see the forest, they see a dream. You see empty land, they see a promise. You have a loaf of bread, while they will work for the crumbs. You haven't got a chance against their suffering and their love. [chorus]I dare myself to show. I have no need to control this; no desire to know. Every time you sit that same fountain showers cold; you were born on a mountain of gold. You have treasures in your toetips. You are young yet to be sold. The day you count backwards from the price you named to frame your game in blameless numbing riskfree bliss is the day your scent went cold.