| Spent some time feelin' inferior | 
| standing in front of my mirror | 
| Combed my hair in a thousand ways | 
| but I came out looking just the same | 
| Daddy said, «Son, you better see the world | 
| I wouldn’t blame you if you wanted to leave | 
| But remember one thing don’t lose your head | 
| to a woman that’ll spend your bread» | 
| So I got out | 
| Paris was a place you could hide away | 
| if you felt you didn’t fit in French police wouldn’t give me no peace | 
| They claimed I was a nasty person | 
| Down along the Left Bank minding my own | 
| Was knocked down by a human stampede | 
| Got arrested for inciting a peacful riot | 
| when all I wanted was a cup of tea | 
| I was accused | 
| Down in Rome I wasn’t getting enough | 
| of the things that keeps a young man alive | 
| My body stunk but I kept my funk | 
| at a time when I was right out of luck | 
| Getting desperate indeed I was | 
| Looking like a tourist attraction | 
| Oh my dear I better get out of here | 
| 'for the Vatican don’t give no sanction | 
| I wasn’t ready for that, no no | 
| I moved right out east yeah! | 
| On the Peking ferry I was feeling merry | 
| sailing on my way back here | 
| I fell in love with a slit eyed lady | 
| by the light of an eastern moon | 
| Shangai Lil never used the pill | 
| She claimed that it just ain’t natural | 
| She took me up on deck and bit my neck | 
| Oh people I was glad I found her | 
| Oh yeah I was glad I found her | 
| I firmly believe that I didn’t need anyone but me I sincerely thought I was so complete |