Written by james young. Lead vocals by james young. . In the dark so all alone. Slowly reach for the telephone. A message waits just for you. A secret place, another rendezvous.
Dear John, I knew you about as well as anyone. We were the wild ones. So sure those days would never end. Now they're only memories my friend. . Dear John, I'll see you.
Look at you you're talking to yourself. Could it maybe be a cry for help. Can't see the forest from your tree there. . Sometimes I think you're doing well.
Seijaku wo kirisaku you otozureta no wa. Hitsuzen to shite no kaikou bokura no tame ni. Koukai wo nageku me ni utsuru kimi wa sou. Urei wo matotte utsukushiku saita.
I'm wearing second hand shoes. Second hand hose. All the girls hand me. Their second hand clothes. Even my pajamas when I darn 'em. Have somebody else's.
Dope Speed Pills Drugs. . Back then there was no question. The house on the corner never runs, runs out of supply. Pharmacy's in the basement. Their mother never knows where they go, go all of the time.
I'm gonna steal your girlfriend. I went to my boys house I met his sister. I knew right then I had to get with her. She had a boyfriend he wasn't worthy.
This scene seems so god damn familiar to me. I'm getting a tingle of deja vous. Obsessive attraction and all she could ask. Is how I could do this to you.
It's half past ten, no sign of cops the barrels going strong. Three more beers I'm sure'll make me feel like I belong. And everyone here reminds there's no point in going home.
another cigarette burning in my ashtray. same bill collector still calling me from last week. they riding on my back and now I'm feeling like a taxi. feeling how I'm feeling if you feel like you gon' ask me.
I walk these streets where my soulless feet. Haunt the ground where it was I once tread. On Grafton's Arcade pours the rich commerce rain. Though the voices I no longer hear speak.
Must it take a life for hateful eyes. To glisten once again. Five hundred years like Gelignite. Have blown us all to hell. What savior rests while on his cross we die.
Her breath began to speak as she stood right in front of me. The color of her eyes were the color of insanity. Crushed beneath her wave like a ship, I could not reach her shore.
I walk these streets where my soulless feet. Haunt the ground where it was I once tread. On Grafton's Arcade pours the rich commerce rain. Though the voices I no longer hear speak.
Sad days, kissing the cheeks. Of the families who are walking away. Tragic, the pubs are opposing. The system is broken, decay. . Because business is down at the depot.
Death valley queen where have you been. Since they crowned you in glory. Filled your head with dreams. But it still goes to show in every desert. There's a rose that's bloomin' for all to be seen.
Well, that's all right, mama. That's all right for you. That's all right mama, just anyway you do. Well, that's all right, that's all right. That's all right now mama, anyway you do.
[Chorus]. What you gonna do when the people go home. And you want to smoke weed but the reefer's all gone. And somebody had the nerve to take the herb up out the doobie ashtray.
In the world of man in the great rat race. Makes his speeches. Then he does what he please. Winners of the mosh impart their grace. As I wallow in the mush in a doggy daze.
Why do I daydream?. Why do I get my hopes up at all?. I've been living this Walter Mitty life. For too long. . Somebody save me. I'm a prisoner of my own fear.