What a Wonder

Hot doggy of doggest

I guess that it’s August

The students are back in the burg

Holding up traffic

On phones and in static

And I’m waiting on a light to turn

Mmmmmm

The light changes and the lane turns to the west

The setting sun lights up a train of silhouettes

For a moment, each expression is at rest

Every person, just a child, trying his best

And it don’t take long

For the truth to come back to me

What a wonder to be here

What a wonder to be

It’s hot and it’s spittin’

The parkin lot’s kickin’

We’ve all got our places to be

Our lists are all twisted

Our wants are conflicted

And someone just honked at me

I’m like, mmmmmmm

An old labrador leans his head out the passenger side

Puts his wet nose to the east and closes his eyes

A breeze comes through and his long ears go flyin

Like the tails of a kite taking off in the mind of a child

And it don’t take long

For the truth to come back to me

What a wonder to see this

What a wonder to see

Get home in the evening

Dinner is easy

It’s tomatoes on toast

The heat’s finally broken

The evening splits open

The fireflies put on a show

It goes, mmmmmmm

And hey! I’m not sure if you’ve got any plans

But Chris Howdy is playing downtown with the family band

He’s got that one where he has everybody take hands

And skip in a circle, a big sweaty old-time dance

And it won’t take long

For the truth to come back to you

What a wonder to get sick and tired

And bitter and blue

What a wonder that feelings can change

And come back around

At the drop of a hat

In the light of a little town

Where it don’t take long

For the truth to come back to me

What a wonder to be here

What a wonder to be

What a wonder to be here