It was 5:45 on a Friday   I was waitin' for a train goin' my way   I stood packed on a platform in Brooklyn   Where everybody's pushin', but nobody's lookin'      So I got crushed in the rush for the subway   By the little old man tryin' to shove me   Well, I noticed her when I glanced sideways   And felt continents shifting inside me      I was dressed in my best polyester   And I could tell that the plastic impressed her   'Cause she smiled as she eased up beside me   And then she said she had things to confide, see      She said, her dad ran away with Samantha   The middle-aged exotic dancer   So her mom had to turn to her savior   And here's the advice that he gave her      He said, Reese's pieces, Swedish fish   Oodles of skittles and red licorice   Marshmallow mints and a chocolate kiss   And it melts in your mouth like this      Take out your contacts and look at the screen   Take off your make-up and look at the scene   If you break your restrictions, then you'll understand me   Take your prescription of sugar and candy, oh yeah      We arrived there by way of the highway   After night drives with trinkets and tirades   To a town bound with old guards and dry docks   Bored I drug my ass of the bus and hit the sidewalks      I stumbled by the lane name of my way   And got caught in the street by treading lightly   The fish passed me by led by fish hooks   I hit pop flies and caught their strange looks      But one figure struggled just to stand there   He was a one legged man in his wheel chair   I struck out a course for his lantern   I put out a hand and then he grabbed me      He told a lifetime of boxcars and bi-ways   Of the times of stock yards and chain gangs and two legs   He offered his advice for a penny   And for that small price here's what he gave me      Take out your contacts and look at the screen   Take off your make-up and look at the scene   If you break your restrictions, then you'll understand me   Take your prescription of sugar and candy, oh yeah