You've gone to the finest school all right, Miss Lonely
Any day now, any day now,; I shall be released.
You know, news of you has come down the line; Even before ya came in the door.; They say in your father's house, there's many mansions; Each one of them got a fireproof floor.
Look into infinity, all you see is trouble.
I got troubles, I think maybe you got troubles,; I think maybe we'd better leave each other alone.
I'm going out of my mind; With a pain that stops and starts
Get the loot, don't be slow, we're gonna catch a trout
I thought somehow that I would be spared this fate
You lose yourself, you reappear
Well, I got a harmonica job, begun to play,; Blowin' my lungs out for a dollar a day.
she's true, like ice, like fire
Does she know I still care?
Well, the road is rocky and the hillside's mud; Up over my head nothing but clouds of blood
If you're looking for assistance, babe,; Or if you just want some company; Or if you just want a friend you can talk to,; Honey, come and see about me.
Then I'll stand on the ocean until I start sinkin',; But I'll know my song well before I start singin'
All I really want to do,; Is, baby, be friends with you.
When there is no more,; You cut to the core; Quicker than anyone I knew.
Why does he look so righteous while your face is so changed
Oh a false clock tries to tick out my time
What was it you wanted; When you were kissing my check?
When I met you, baby,; You didn't show no visible scars.
Don't you know there's nothing new that's under the sun?; Well, there ain't no man righteous, no not one.
I've been down on the bottom of a world full of lies; I ain't looking for nothing in anyone's eyes
I've paid the price of solitude, but at last I'm out of debt.
You say you love me; And you're thinkin' of me,; But you know you could be wrong.
Let's try to get beneath the surface waste, girl,; No more booby traps and bombs,; No more decadence and charm,; No more affection that's misplaced, girl
All the truth in the world adds up to one big lie
I'm in the streets; With the tombstone blues
Reality has always had too many heads
I don't need any reminder; To know how much I really care
Turn your back, wash your hands,; There's always someone who understands
I don't know why I love her but I just can't stop
Heart of mine be still,; You can play with fire, But you'll get the bill
'Cause he doesn't tell you jokes or fairy tales, say he's got no style.
Now all the criminals in their coats and their ties; Are free to drink martinis and watch the sun rise
My conscience is beginning to bother me today.
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a bowl of soup
You were snow, you were rain; You were striped, you were plain,;
It's so impossible to even learn the tune.
Well, You've done it all and there's no more anyone can pretend to do.; What can I do for You?
All right, I'll take a chance, I will fall in love with you
Behind every beautiful thing there's been some kind of pain
And they're breaking down the distance; Between right and wrong.
Oh, man has invented his doom, First step was touching the moon.
Maybe they'll get me and maybe they won't; But not tonight and it won't be here; There are things I could say but I don't; I know the mercy of God must be near
Roses are red, violets are blue; And time is beginning to crawl
Sometimes I feel so low-down and disgusted
For I know that you know that I know that you know; Something is tearing up your mind.
The sky cracked its poems in naked wonder
Now, a very great man once said; That some people rob you with a fountain pen.; It didn't take too long to find out; Just what he was talkin' about.
Have I surrendered to the will of God; Or am I still acting like the boss?
Two riders were approaching, the wind began to howl.
I was in a whirlwind, now I'm in some better place.
I must admit I felt a little uneasy; When she bent down to tie the laces of my shoe
And I can't let go, won't let go, and I can't let go no more.
But the magician is quicker and his game; Is much thicker than blood and blacker than ink
