South Pleasant Valley

A new sign has been posted
Down by 69, where my old friend Booker used to live

It's perfect really
Eases my conscience from that feel of pressure
You know how it
be

"Say no to panhandling
Give to charities"

Ah yes indeed
Let's see here

Are you talking about the one that squeezed Layla in a damp hostel with a baby in her belly
Or the one that denied Booker a place to sleep

Last weekend, below 30
In his oil-smung breeches

Don't mind me I'm just trying to understand
What exactly you mean when you say we can help
If we "drive past and don't look back"

Been days still I don't know
Never got his info
Because he can't afford a cell

At last I did a little snooping
It was like a day ago
Spoke to Pam whose eyes were bored
Thing is she knew Booker longer than me
But only said
"You know how it
be"

Let me tell you about the time I visited
South Pleasant Valley

So pleasant
So pleasant

Lights red and blue
Tearing streets up and down

It was just a day ago last spring
When there was a friendly barbecue
Between the tents and the trees

That a decree was heard
"Saviors of Austin"
They called themselves
Its pristine streets

"You must leave"
"You must leave"

But public camping was allowed in Austin no
Safety within that colorful weirdo no

A new reality a nearby creek
Water jug a meat fillet grill

Very pleasant no
NO
:)

But don't worry
Don't worry

If you have nowhere else to be
And you just can't leave
We have a spot just for you

Saved behind the scenes

In a cell
In a room with no trees

But we've been warning you for months
A lawful ordinance a public decree

506 warnings
130 citations

I'm sorry it's just so funny
Your whole officiality as you give a ticket
To the man with no shoes
Who looks at you in perfect confusion

Yes public camping's 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 in Austin
There's so much friendly 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺 in Houston

Ye devils in white
Cloaks
Screeching lord save Austin now now now

Austin 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴 department
𝘝𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘳-approved "ban encampment"

Said I don't know where Booker went
Said I don't know where Booker went

Do you understand me?