The Terrible Blues

I've got 5000 dollars
but that can't buy shit
I've got cable TV - who gives a fuck?

I've got a laptop computer
but it's not a mac
I have a space heater but it's small

Cereal and milk,
a mug. no dishwasher.
some books, which I would read if it was 1995.

I've got the terrible blues
the three-pronged
eight stanza blues

Prong's not the right word
I just can't get it right
I'm even saying "right" too much now

Writing the blues... I can't sing more blue
if I was actually depressed
this would ring more true

I'm not blue I'm not black
the hardest potato in the sack
not bruised in the least homey, bitch

I propose a heart attack
but more serious: Iraq
Bitch, homey - I'm back