Peaceful Valley - Charlie Parr

I signed a lease on a place near the bus stop but then I haven’t left the place

since

I got 3 TVs and a bunch of coffee pots, there’s just no reason to go out no more

I ain’t gonna get up this morning

And I’m never gonna throw anything away again

Time’ll come when I’m gonna need all of it

And I’m sure not getting out of bed today

If anybody stops by I’ll cut out all the lights

And hide in the can until they go away

I got 5 phones but none of em is hooked up

And I wouldn’t answer them if they were

I ain’t gonna get up this morning

And I’m never gonna throw anything away again

Time’ll come when I’m gonna need all of it

And I’m sure not getting out of bed today

I got a broken lamp with a broken shade

Got a broken mower with a rusty blade

Pizza boxes piled to the roof

Newspapers from 1982

Busted toasters I found in the trash

Picture frames with broken glass

Family photos of people I don’t know

Dried up plants that’ll never grow

I just can’t let it go

There’s a ‘72 Datsun where the guest bed was

I guess that means you ain’t spending the night

The landlord stops by but he seems real confused

I think he’s trying to throw me out

I ain’t gonna get up this morning

And I’m never gonna throw anything away again

Time’ll come when I’m gonna need all of it

And I’m sure not getting out of bed today

There’s a radio in every room, they’re all tuned to the news

I keep myself very well informed

The county’s coming by, to clean out all my stuff

And make me live with a roommate in Peaceful Valley

So I barricaded the door and covered up all the windows

And made a blanket fort behind the fridge

I ain’t gonna get up this morning

And I’m never gonna throw anything away again

Time’ll come when I’m gonna need all of it

And I’m sure not getting out of bed today