You take my photo at the top of the hill I'm smiling and laughing, yeah I'm having a thrill For a fleeting moment, I forgot the bomb Future feeling bleak so I jot down a thought I heard that living is jazz, you can play it how you like I play mine free as I can But when I'm sitting on a bench inside the shopping mall Next to the swap meet I can't help but think that my freedom is a myth Some goddamn punch that I've been sipping I hand the cashier my object desire She asks for my cash, now I've become the buyer For a fleeting moment, she forgot the bomb Lost in her labor as she chases the dollar I heard that living is jazz, you can play it how you like I play mine free as I can But when I'm sitting on a bench inside the shopping mall Next to the swap meet I can't help but think that my freedom is a myth Some goddamn punch that I've been sipping