Gridlock - Intellectual

[Verse 1]

It's 5 P.M. on a weekday, friend

There's one of me and two million of them

The whistle blows and the factories close

There's a million more commuters on the access roads

The brake lights flash, there's an RV crashed

I'm in the passing lane going nowhere fast

The traffic crawls and the engine stalls

I'm stuck on the edge of the urban sprawl

[Chorus]

Gridlock, up ahead

There's a line of cars as far as I can see

Gridlock, goin' nowhere

Roll down the window, let me scream

[Verse 2]

Oh, yeah, ain't it a shame?

We're all jammed up at the interchange

The paramedics and the CHP

Wait impatiently for catastrophes

I'm spending half my days like this

I might as well be working on the midnight shift

The radio's tuned to the traffic news

And everybody's choking on monoxide fumes

[Chorus]

Gridlock, up ahead

There's a line of cars as far as I can see

Gridlock, goin' nowhere

Roll down the window, let me scream

[Bridge]

I can close my eyes and dream

Yeah!

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]

It's 5 P.M. on a weekday, friend

I'm going home, but I don't know when

I hate this traffic and I hate this town

Gotta honk my horn, try to get around

I feel like going on a killing spree

Tomorrow I'm going on the RTD

The traffic crawls and the engine stalls

I'm stuck on the edge of the urban sprawl

[Chorus]

Gridlock, up ahead

There's a line of cars as far as I can see

Gridlock, goin' nowhere

Roll down the window, let me scream

[Outro]

Hey, hey, let's get moving

Hey, hey