the stilts

My first apartment was at the Stilts
The cheapest housing in the Tri-Cities
in uptown Richland
I only lived there for three short months
With three other guys who had decided to move out
Just as I was moving in 

The one thing I remember about the Stilts
Was that it used be an Army barracks
A lot of fresh-out-of-high-school kids lived there
And there were always parties

Though I only lived there for sixty days
I remember a few memorable nights
la la la la la la
At the time I was trying to exact revenge
On the ghost of a girl who took my virginity
When she dumped me for an ex- it scarred me for life 

I was guilty of using bodies
As I recorded sound-bites in my brain
"you're such a cute nice guy"
I played them back in my head to validate my actions
And to make myself feel good
I took advantage of anyone 
As weak as me

Then I lived in a trailer park
Before moving to Spokane
where I lived next to a staple factory
A year later in Seattle 
I lived in a mess of an old house
and slept in a closet

I met a girl there who always played 
Cat Stevens in the morning
She made coffee on a stove
I started to cry at anything
This became my girlfriend initiation:
We'd get to know each other
Sleep with each other
Then I would turn into a crybaby.

Words adapted from a short story by kevin sampsell
Music by m johnson ©2008 zubsongs, ltd.