Somebody's Home from Still Troubled by mike ward

SOMEBODY’S HOME
It arrived today with a smiling face
from somewhere close yet far away
over 6 feet tall on my front porch steps
delivered in 24 hours or less
my kids don’t really care what came inside it
they pretend its a bus maybe even ride it
I could recycle… to help mother earth
instead probably kick it out there by the curb
CHORUS: My Amazon box somewhat oversized
that Amazon box I just realized
before the garbage man came … it was gone
my Amazon box is about to be somebody’s home
corrugated cities with very little shelter
duct taped together all helter skelter
once filled with mattresses and big screen TVs
now packed under overpasses as far as you can see
CHORUS: Oh Amazon boxes, inside is a surprise
Yeah Amazon boxes in every shape and size
Portland to Detroit to San Antoine
those Amazon boxes have become somebody’s home
BREAK: a refrigerator box can seem heaven sent
when you can’t afford to pay your rent
address unknown …torn off tracking code
bubble wrap pillow…milk jug commode
they take no comfort cause they have no means
living in the home of nobody’s dreams
CHORUS: Oh Amazon boxes from every prime account
yeah Amazon boxes they mount and mount
from trucks and planes, even a drone
those Amazon boxes now they’re somebody’s home
those Amazon boxes just knock, chances are …somebody’s home

• Acoustic
• Americana
• folk
• singer-songwriter
• Detroit