Someone showed me a picture and I just laughed;
Dignity never been photographed
All I feel is heat and flame and all I see are dark eyes.
Pistol shots ring out in the barroom night
Since every pleasure's got an edge of pain;
Pay for your ticket and don't complain
I got a poison headache,;
But I feel all right
I was in a whirlwind, now I'm in some better place.
The vagabond who's rapping at your door;
Is standing in the clothes that you once wore.
My love for her is taking such a long time to die
Well it's way past midnight and there are people all around;
Some on their way up, some on their way down
Oh ev'ry foe that ever I faced
The cause was there before we came.
Well, I wake in the morning, Fold my hands and pray for rain.;
I got a head full of ideas, That are drivin' me insane.
If you're lookin' to get silly;
You better go back to from where you came
An' here I sit so patiently;
Waiting to find out what price;
You have to pay to get out of;
Going through all these things twice.
Well, I'm livin' in a foreign country but I'm bound to cross the line,;
Beauty walks a razor's edge, someday I'll make it mine.
All the laughter is just making me sad
Oh a false clock tries to tick out my time
He said his name was Columbus;
I just said, "Good luck."
If dogs run free, why not me;
Across the swamp of time?
But I will be back, I will survive,;
You'll never get rid of me as long as you're alive.
Forget the dead you've left, they will not follow you.
This time tomorrow I'll know you better;
When my memory is not so short.
Now all the criminals in their coats and their ties;
Are free to drink martinis and watch the sun rise
I'm walking through streets that are dead
And every time you get this close;
It makes me want to scream
Don't trust me to show you love;
When my love may be only lust.
What's a sweetheart like you doin' in a dump like this?
I thought somehow that I would be spared this fate
Tough Mama;
Can I blow a little smoke on you?
Just what do you think you have to guard?
