[00:00.00]Water Tower - Surrogate
[00:17.47]When no one but the locals are around
[00:21.85]You will see them as they gather at the
[00:25.48]Center of this town to pay homage to their
[00:30.47]Monolithic patriarch who stands so tall
[00:34.95]He's seen from miles around
[00:43.00]They worship for the gifts that he bestows
[00:47.37]Like the water that they drink and use to
[00:51.40]Wash their dusty cloths and the way he
[00:55.21]Represents them to the passers by who constantly go trickling
[01:01.81]Down the road
[01:08.27]They will do as they are told
[01:14.76]The old folks know their time has past for usefulness and
[01:24.58]Things that don't last
[01:27.79]But they laugh themselves to sleep as they retire
[01:39.92]'Cause they remember when they built the frame
[01:46.96]That holds that head that bears the name
[01:53.37]But the young ones shake their heads and call them liars
[02:18.90]They know that someday he will come around
[02:23.28]And he'll realize he's far too good for their midwestern town
[02:29.79]And he'll pack his things and move to where the people are
[02:35.18]The southern coast where he'll become a star