You ever dance with the devil under the pale moonlight?. Desperados, travellin'. What the fuck's up son?. Do this word up, we could do this. . Spend too many nights on the Henny gettin' right.
Johnny wiped out. He can't walk. He's got a prosthetic hip. (yeah yeah). And Jenny don't care. She can't talk. She got Prozac 'scrip'. (oh no). And daddy's alright.
Hey Mr. Cardiac. Where's my heart attack?. I placed my order six hours ago.. Come on, listen man. You got to understand. I got places to meet. And people to make.
Well, I don't know where I am but I know my destination (3x). Knock 'em down, Christian soldiers, knock 'em down. Well the devil likes his liquor and he smokes a big cigar (3x).
How many time do I have to lie. Before you believe me?. And how many time do you have to beat me. Before I learn how to play?. And where are the authorities.
After the party, under the bed. Down where the bad dreams grow. You scrape at the embers. That smoke in your head. Cause it's twenty below. Ask me no questions, I'll tell you no jokes.
I'm glad that you still came by. But it wasn't really icy outside. I was just in one of my moods. Now we're laughing on the sheets in my room. . My mother she slept on the couch.
You: back on the town. Skulking around. Looking for something that you lost. What was the price?. And who paid the cost?. And I'm watching... You: hard shiny and cold.
All the locks are broken. Everything's been stolen. Hold on, Slow John. All she left you was a slogan. . Now your heart is breaking. Lonesome and forsaken.
Moon's throwing daggers. At the targets on the street. Trucks wipe the sweat out of their eyes. The brain is making promises. The body cannot keep. You duck inside a doorway.
Maybe I could be a billionaire. If I wasn't always broke. And I could be a comedian. If I wasn't such a joke. Guess I knew it all along. Being born's where I went wrong.
Call me a cab and I'll tip the undertaker. That fool couldn't tell a real stiff from a faker. Well I ain't no fool, I just play one on TV. Cause misery loves company.
In the cold hard light of day. Do you like the face you see?. Ain't it hard sometimes to say. That your eyes have atrophied?. Because the heart is a slippery one.
When I was born, I shamed the Dawn, and saw the angels cry. I raised my arms and made the stars tremble in the sky. And when I sang the choirs were humbled.
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In your empty bed. You remember every word she said. And every word rings in your head. Except, "I'm Sorry". And when the dark comes down. Upon this stark and sullen town.
You never would believe. The things that I have seen. In my professional career. Well people can be cruel. But honestly I never meant to hurt you. . I'm just a car crash collaborator.
On the corner of Bourbon and Division. Crawling down the crooked streets at dawn. She said, "Don't come back, all is not forgiven". So you fall inside a bottle and a song.
Slung from the hoary heavens. With disbelief suspended. On a shining pendulum of faith. . Hanging half awake and dreaming. Of burning cities gleaming.