Surprise, Surprise - Brett Dennen

Dark clouds gather in the afternoon

Come together just to cry

Seagulls struggling against the wind

Falling out of the sky

Grandma’s gathering aluminum cans in a rusty shopping cart

Born-againers getting their lives together while my whole world’s falling apart

Open up your eyes

It’s happening all around you

If it hasn’t found you

Well You know it’s just a matter of time

Surprise surprise

What do you think the world owes you

It’s not the way it’s supposed to go Well you know It’s just a matter of time

Songbird sittig in a tree house with a trumpet to her lips

I’m laying on my back in the tall green grass staring up at the eclipse

Whispers lurking in the alley behind where the children where no shoes

Call girls and corner kids hustling saying what do you got to lose

Open up your eyes

It’s happening all around you

If it hasn’t found you

Well You know it’s just a matter of time

Surprise surprise

What do you think the world owes you

It’s not the way it’s supposed to go Well you know It’s just a matter of time

And there’s nowhere you can run to because the eyes are upon you

Some of the coming up hard and hungry

Stepping up to take your turn

Some of them throwing their money in the fire

Just to watch it burn

Open up your eyes

It’s happening all around you

If it hasn’t found you

Well You know it’s just a matter of time

Surprise surprise

What do you think the world owes you

It’s not the way it’s supposed to go Well you know It’s just a matter of time