Why can't I just make a hole

Alongside a road was a sign that maintained

"boring experts" was there just as plain as day

Now I thought to myself of my own claim to this throne

25 years of trying to just make a hole

It seems so simple, so tried and so true,

....and yet its not!

Now I'm reminded of the bore I don't want to mention

when under a road 4 lanes to be sure 

I left 50 grand in steel under Renton

It seemed so simple to just make a hole.

Or what about crossing Division

4 threes feeding lifeblood of power to the new mall

weaving and bobbing 20 feet below

pressures are rising

and the pipes slow to a crawl

minutes before it seemed so easy

and now it ends without a new hole

Working downtown late at night 

I see people talking to themselves alone

what are they saying, pondering and thinking

could it be that they are burned out 

by too many years of boring... 

instead of drinking?

With all the risks, why do I try?

A casino bet with odds stacked against us

 but half science, half luck and half pray

will carry me through and save the day.

Crossed the Grande Ronde, the Blackfoot and Little Spokane

conquering shots and crossings where no other can

up three rotate two, and straight as an arrow

we are pulling it through.

Making a hole is harder than it seems

geology is against us, so I won't make the claim

 of Boring expert cause it is fleeting and lame