And I'm already trailing a tear on my cheeks
And the coffee's steaming
The elevator's waiting for me
And the engine I fire up
Help me slowly take
My place in the traffic
To take my place in the traffic
I'd like someone to come free me
But the one I've just picked
Gave me just enough to survive
And too little to run away
And I stay a prisoner of my promises
To all those carpet dealers
Who make me sleep on thick wool
And who force me at the end of each night
To take my place in the traffic
To take my place in the traffic
And when I wanna talk to nobody
I go pick up my phone
I'm a mutant, a new man
I don't even own my desires
I perfume myself with carbon oxides
And I'm scared to know how I'll end up
I watch the rebels drift away
And I feel cramped in my skin
But I swore by the law of ladders
If someday I wanna die up high
I gotta take my place in the traffic
I gotta take my place in the traffic
And when I wanna talk to nobody
I go pick up my phone
Because whatever I say
The black cars have to pass
I'm a mutant, a new man
I don't even own my desires
I perfume myself with carbon oxides
And I'm scared to know how I'll end up
There're so many serious things
Happening in my streets
That already my kids know
They'll have to get used to it
To take my place in the traffic
To take my place in the traffic