Paroles de Where zero meets fifteen

My car broke down in arizona, have to ride the bus again,
At ten-o-clock on tuesday night, with thirteen cents and a broken pen.
I put my backpack on the bench, tell two people i dont smoke,
See the cop across the street, he thinks that i am selling dope,
I could have walked another block, to get away from the scene.
Why does it always come to this, where zero meets fifteen?
And so i gave my thirteen cents, to the man who peed his pants.
He passes out and falls on me, i watch my change fall from his hand.
I see the lady next to me, holds her baby black blue.
The junkie gutter-punks keeps asking, where i got my new tattoo.
What does it matter anyway, thirteen cents or all i own?
How can i ever save the world, on cup-o-soup and student loans?
I want to try and save the world, but it never goes that way.
God i dont know what to do, down at colfax and broadway.
Now the man with no shoes on, says i dont know how to play.
He says i fumble all the time. he thinks that i am john elway.
I put my face down in my hands, water wells inside my eyes.
What do i have to give them? does it matter if i try?
I cant stand to see you suffer, i try to intellectualize,
A formula to end you pain, it doesnt work,
God knows ive tried. sometimes my cup is overfilled.
Sometimes im too afraid that im going to spill.