I had the shit till it all got smoked I kept the promise till the vow got broke I had to drink from the lovin' cup I stood on the banks till the river
Everybody's restless and they've got no place to go Someone's always trying to tell them Something they already know So their anger and resentment flow
I wanna live alone in the desert I wanna be like Georgia O'Keefe I wanna live on the Upper East Side And never go down into the street Splendid isolation
I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand Walkin' through the streets of Soho in the rain He was lookin' for the place called Lee Ho Fooks Gonna
How're you going to make your way in the world When you weren't cut out for working? When your fingers are slender and frail How're you going to get around
I close my eyes, you reappear I always carry you inside, in here I fall asleep, you come to me And once again our love is real How could I have let you
Mama take this badge off of me I can't use it any more It's gettin' dark, too dark to see And I feel I'm knockin' on Heaven's door Knock, knock, knockin
I'm numb as a statue I may have to beg, borrow or steal Some feelings from you So I can have some feelings too I'm pale as a ghost You know what I love
Some days I feel like my shadow's casting me Some days the sun don't shine Sometimes I wonder what tomorrow's gonna bring When I think about my dirty
Hey Disorder in the house The tub runneth over Plaster's falling down in pieces By the couch of pain Disorder in the house Time to duck and cover Helicopters
I could hold my head up high And say that I left first Or I can hang my head and cry Tell me which is worse If you go and ask her why She might say she
Oh, today I shot Ramona, ma She ain't gonna cheat on me Two years, I've been searchin' for her Two years, she's been free Well, I found her in a dance
An icy wind burns and scars Rushes in like a fallen star Through the narrow space Between these bars Looking down on prison grove Dug in, hunkered down
Well, I've seen all there is to see And I've heard all they have to say I've done everything I wanted to do I've done that too And it ain't that pretty
I called up my friend LeRoy on the phone I said, "Buddy, I'm afraid to be alone 'Cause I got some weird ideas in my head About things to do in Denver
It used to seem to me that my life ran on too fast And I had to take it slowly just to make the good parts last But when you're born to run, it's so hard
Was it something I did in another life? I try and try but nothing comes out right for me Bad karma killing me by degrees I took a wrong turn on the astral
Bad luck streak in dancin' school Down on my knees in pain Bad luck streak in dancin' school Swear to God I'll change Swear to God I'll change Swear