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Standing in the Line at the DMV

from Camped Out in the Big Bang by Richard Haxton

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River of Oblivion

Chorus:
I’m standing in the line at the DMV
Staring at the back of the head in front of me
If one of us could move maybe we could see
Just what is gonna be our destiny

We’re crammed into a space so tight that I can feel the
thoughts of the person in front of me trying to force their
way into my head. No way. I need to turn down these
thoughts. Now I can’t hear my own thoughts. I see myself
relax. Ooo, smells good. Feels like a vacation. I taste true
happiness. I want this. I’ve earned this. I deserve this. All
this time waiting in the line – not expecting any reward,
not asking for any special treatment. Now I realize that all I
want is to be part of the great river of oblivion. No. What I
realize is that I’m not able to realize. Good God, y’all!

Chorus

Suddenly a word wakes me up - 'integrity.' It’s way
down deep inside, trying to get out. I don’t need this. I try
I move closer the person in front of me. I hear screaming.
Help me! Let go! Put me down! I just want to be free!
Hold me! Don’t let go! Closer! Back off.! Ouch! I need
you! You’re the only one! You’re crowding me! Shut up!
I try to step back. Enough of this oblivion. But now
thoughts from behind are trying to whisper their way into
my head. They say. Who do you think you are? Hey! I’m
somebody! Who do you think you are? Um, that’s a tough
one. Who do you think you are?

Chorus

Finally I make it to the front of the line. I tell the person
behind the counter I want to be a part of the great pulsating
body of humanity, but I also want to stand out as and
individual. Is that asking too much?
She says - No, sir, but according to subliminal tests
administered to you in the last line, you failed to qualify for
our Fully Authorized Particular Individual Program. You
may, however, after one year of probation, apply for our
'Piggy Back' program, in which you will be permitted to
ride the identities of fully authorized particular individuals,
possibly leading to your own full authorization as a
particular individual. Please surrender your obsolete identity
and proceed to the next line

Chorus

My God, this is the Department of Minimal Validity

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from Camped Out in the Big Bang, released June 1, 2014

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Richard Haxton Los Angeles, California

From the middle of Mississippi, served in Viet Nam in Thailand, lives 5,000 feet from the world's oldest freeway. Searches for transcendence - or something - where science meets the spirit. Never quit fighting the war for the groove!

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