| Oh, when the summer sun comes cutting like a clean razor blade
|
| And I wake to the day and all the visions I’ve made
|
| Reach out my hand for the curl of her hair
|
| And whisper my dreams to the girl who’s not there
|
| Gather some memory from the night before
|
| Where’d she go? |
| she go? |
| she go?
|
| Screaming her threats and slam of a door
|
| Well I don’t know, don’t know, don’t know
|
| So I look to the window and the city below
|
| From this bed of mine where I eat sweet jelly rolls
|
| Think I’ll put on my face, I’d like to fix me a drink
|
| 'Cause somewhere someone knows just what I think
|
| Last night’s but a question that hangs likes a noose
|
| 'Round my throat, my throat
|
| Surely tonight, I’ll invite its abuse
|
| Well there’s no hope, no hope, no hope
|
| Goodness me, oh my
|
| Oh my God, I still might get by
|
| Get through all the pains I fake
|
| Poor boy could use a break
|
| A break from all the daily hate, oh
|
| «Pain is something no one else knows»
|
| That’s what I hear them say
|
| But everyone bereaves the day
|
| So weary, weary, walk away
|
| So I take to the streets like the dead to the grave
|
| You light me a smoke because it’s right to behave
|
| And I’m all juiced up all morning, 'cause morning is when
|
| Heros stand tall in the statues of men
|
| And all the pigeons adore me and peck at my feet
|
| Oh, the fame, the fame, the fame
|
| Someday they may use my head as a seat
|
| Well I can’t wait, can’t wait, can’t wait
|
| Goodness me, oh my
|
| Oh my God, I still might get by
|
| Get through all the pains I fake
|
| Poor boy could use a break
|
| A break from all the daily hate, oh
|
| «Pain is something no one else knows»
|
| That’s what I hear them say
|
| But everyone bereaves the day
|
| So weary, weary walk away
|
| When I die, Lord, bury me deep
|
| Way out west past Sunset Street
|
| So I can hear old 29
|
| When she goes rollin' by
|
| And when they come to claim my skin
|
| And I go back where I begin
|
| Place the stones at my head and feet
|
| Tell them all I’ve gone to sleep
|
| And as the city unravels her metal bedroll
|
| I dirty her sheets with the stumble I stroll
|
| And the people all stop just to watch me go by
|
| With a thirst in my throat and a tear in my eye
|
| So riddle me this while I lend you my soul
|
| In a song, a song, a song
|
| And balance the sky on these shoulders of mine
|
| Until the dawn, the dawn, the dawn, yeah
|
| Goodness me, oh my
|
| Oh my God, I still might get by
|
| Get through all the pains I fake
|
| Poor boy could use a break
|
| A break from my own daily hate, oh
|
| «Pain is something no one else knows»
|
| That’s what I hear them say
|
| But everyone bereaves the day
|
| So weary, weary, walk away |