Out of Service

One! Two! Three! Four! May I have your attention please BART passengers For this elevator update We currently have all station elevators in service Thank you I get off the train I'm homeward bound I've come a long way Around the bay Just to start a career You were riding on the Richmond train Spent your Saturday night at the bar I was finding out the hard way The trickiness of traveling without a car I'm on the platform now I'm upward bound (Yeah I'm gonna elevate) I'm not a stairs guy I'm a half-off fares guy It's part of the game (Yeah you think it's hella great) The perks don't always make it easy though So you can tell the critics I'm not nervous A half price discount's hardly consolation When the platform elevator's out of service (Woah!) Stuck in the middle of a staircase sandwich Can't go up Can't go down I was riding on the northbound It was the last train Well there was one more train One level down But since the lift was out I had my doubts about ever Leaving at all that night You were riding on the Richmond The operators had no choice But to turn your train around cause I was Stuck in the middle of a staircase sandwich Can't go up Can't go down I was learning how to live life In the not-so-fast lane So I get back on a new train That's right, the one you're on When they turned you around you had no clue Why your stop had gone What I remember happened next I won't forget For a long time When I first saw you you were combing your hair With your one free hand You were balancing a pizza box and a bag of Lay's With a bottle of beer in a ripped up paper bag It was precarious When you first saw me I was kinda confused 'Cause I didn't know The train they chose to use would be filled with Literally hundreds of people You thought I missed my train And that I convinced them to come back There's no time to explain And you're quite drunk And you're yelling at me "Are they gonna hold the bus? Are they gonna hold the bus? Are they gonna hold the bus? At EL CERRITO TOO?" "Alright I got one more Do you wanna bag of Lay's? Do you wanna bag of Lay's? Ha! Do you wanna bag of LAZE I can sell Doritos too!" No! See I was Stuck in the middle of a staircase sandwich Couldn't go up Couldn't go — You know what no time cause We're back at the new station now Finally upward bound (It's got a working elevator) I'm going home Yeah I'm free to roam The whole city! (I think I'll see you fellas later) We were riding on the Richmond I'm on the street now At a different stop But it's a different stop So I'm two miles from home