The Shadow on the Lane
by janitor steve



She was not 18
Kind of young if you ask me
But she was there
The man from the shadows
He didn't care

He just said to her
You know what I can do for you
To get you on the right track
I'll send you a package
It will come in brown paper wrap

The girl was happy
She felt part of the family
She just smiled
And said thank you Uncle Tony
Thank you Uncle Tony

So every day
She looked at the mail box
She was left on wait
Tony said soon we'll have that day
But for now, the mail is great and some how
When you see it
You'll get that plain brown paper package
You will smile because you know it is from
The man on the shadow of the lane

You've got to know that I'll be there
To answer question on what you might want to know
But I have to protect myself and my business
Plain pap is the only way to go
Plain paper bag in the mail

But you will keep my secret
Won't you keep it?
i need to be so clean in public places
When you turn 18
You'll be my queen
From the shadows
From the man from the shadow on the lane

You will be there for me when you're older
Right now I'm there for you
In the background
I know you're not 18

So no shadow chat room if you know what I mean
My business, my business, I need to feed
So please look at your mail
Please look at your mail
In the background you'll see
A plain paper package
And you know it comes from Tony
Tony the man, Tony the man
From the shadow from the lanes

You know it's true
I've got a thing or two for you
Coming in your mail box today
From your Uncle Tony
You'll be happy
You'll be happy because you know
That plain brown package
Is from the man, from the lane and the shadow

You'll be on the right track
You'll be on the right track
To stardom someday

Now it's time
For me to give the holier than thou, oh on the newsgroup
Spread ugly rumors about other people
Just to deflect attention away from what I do

Trust me when I tell you if the truth be known
I'm uglier than you and you and  you and you
But I am always
The man on the shadow of the lane

And that's all I can do is say
And say, I'm the shadow of the lane