Janitor Joe

Janitor Joe, hey, Janitor Joe,
Look at you there, man, nowhere to go,
Leanin' on the pole of a mop,
Jammed into a bucket.
Kids pile in when the school bell rings,
He don't care sh*t about none of those things,
Cigarette slips into Marlboro lips,
Joe know how to suck it.

Janitor Joe, man, whadda ya. know?
Ya' always listening — yeah, you are, bro',
Droppin' a dime on the kool kids,
Smokin' a reefer.
Girl got pregnant, guy got high,
Ask him - he can tell you why,
Callin' a rent-a-cop over,
He's a believer.

[chorus]
Janitor Joe,
Hey, Janitor Joe,
What's your deal man?
Nobody knows.
Stuck in a bucket,
Catalog shoes,
Maybe you got nothin'...
But time to lose.

Livin' alone in a one-room flat,
Feedin' tuna to a feral cat,
Janitor Joe watch TV football on Sunday,
Gray hair get a bit thinner on top,
Ain't no way he can make that stop,
Janitor Joe look older in school each Monday.

Maybe way back he had him a life,
Maybe a girlfriend, even a wife,
House with a little white fence,
And somebody waiting.
Maybe she left him, maybe she died,
Told their families that they'd tried,
He stares at the afternoon rain
Still ruminating.

[chorus]
Janitor Joe,
hey, Janitor Joe,
What's your deal man?
Nobody knows.
Stuck in a bucket,
Catalog shoes,
Maybe you got nothin'...
But time to lose.

[bridge]
Got a shrapnel gift from a Taliban man,
Somewhere out in Afghanistan,
Got a burn hole where it went in,
And red scar where it came out again.

Joe shrugs slow, "Sh*t happens, man,"
Stacking up bags of crap,
Out back in the trash cans.

Janitor Joe, hey, Janitor Joe,
Crack in the window, letting in snow,
Leanin' on the pole of a mop,
Jammed in a bucket.
Last bell rings and the kids all run,
Disappearing one-by-one,
Joe kills the lights in the hallway —
"Y'know what, F*ck it."

[chorus]
Janitor Joe,
hey, Janitor Joe,
What's your deal man?
Nobody knows.
Stuck in a bucket,
Catalog shoes,
Maybe you got nothin'...
But time to lose.

Janitor Joe, hey, Janitor Joe,
What do we know, man?
What do we know?

Janitor Joe...
Janitor Joe...

---