Friday Ticker Blues

Monday morning, coffee black and screen so bright Saw a little green shoot, reachin' for the light Felt a fool's hope rising, thought I'd caught a wave By Tuesday lunchtime, it was diggin' its own grave That red candle burnin', burnin' down my soul Another damn story, gettin' mighty old. It's the Friday Ticker Blues, the closing bell's in sight She builds you up all morning just to kill you in the night

Thirty years I've watched her, this cruel and fickle queen And I'm still a fool for the heartbreak of the green. Wednesday was a flatline, a breath I held too long Felt like a bad connection, where everything went wrong Then Thursday came a-rumblin', a rumor from the Fed A rally for the suckers, that's what the old-timers said I watched my numbers climbin', but I didn't dare to smile Knew she was just settin' me up for the last painful mile.

It's the Friday Ticker Blues, the closing bell's in sight She builds you up all morning just to kill you in the night Thirty years I've watched her, this cruel and fickle queen And I'm still a fool for the heartbreak of the green. Some folks got a lover, some folks got a god I just got this ticker, and a path that's poorly trod I tell myself I'll quit it, walk away and be free But Monday's gonna roll 'round, and it's got a hold on me

Yeah, it's got a hold on me. It's the Friday Ticker Blues, the closing bell's in sight She builds you up all morning just to kill you in the night Thirty years I've watched her, this cruel and fickle queen And I'm still a fool for the heartbreak of the green.