Take what you need while there's time. The city will be earth in a short while. If I'm not mistaken it's been in flames. You and I will escape to the seaside.
Love and hate was in the air. Like pollen from a flower. Somewhere in April time. They add another hour. . I guess I better think up a way to spend my time.
Chewing out a rhythm on my bubble gum. The sun is out and I want some. It's not hard, not far to reach. We can hitch a ride to Rockaway Beach. . Up on the roof, out on the street.
I look at your house. I wonder what goes on inside. When you have to cry yourself to sleep at night. Your parents fight. You don't know who's wrong or right.
Little children whirling, laughing. They don't know they should be scared. Give me that hope. Give me time to. . High above the [Incomprehensible] city.
Brick on your head. From the top of the ceiling. Urban sniper, urban killer. Won't be finished. Until you're dead. Urban sniper, urban killer. . Brick out the window, top of the head.
Saw this girl walkin' down the street. Seemed like the kind that I would wanna meet. What should I say? I really don't know. Would you like to come to a rock 'n roll show?.
Walking down a sunny street to the library. Checking out the latest books about outer space. Going to the fruit stand to buy a dozen oranges. She and the books and the oranges go back to her place.
As we sift through the hour glass. We realize that an hours passed. And not a person here is innocent. Were both as guilty as a sin. . It must have rained all through the night.
Well, I don't care about history. Rock, rock, rock 'n' roll high school. 'Cause that's not where I wanna be. Rock, rock, rock 'n' roll high school. . I just wanna have some kicks.
Got something to say. Like something to me. Just go ahead and spit it out. It's all the same, you see. . What's that, it doesn't make sense. Are you talking in tongues?.
In the backseat of a car. In the corner of a room. In the shadows where I hide, from you. . Do the Hospital Bed Crawl. And the terminal yell. And the violently alone I feel..
The first time I saw you hanging out. You were kissing by the telephone. I knew what you were all about. And knew I had to leave it alone. . Cause people talk.
Big sky, what a place. Big town, big deal. . Big sky, blacks and whites. Shove that tape deck up your ass. . Big sky, big town. Big wheel, big deal.
It's a one-horse town. One big desert. The asphalt waste. Asphalt jungle. . Beyond the threshold, beyond the threshold. . Change for the worse. Change nonetheless.
new york city, nyc. pretty mean when it wants to be. black leather, knee hole pants. can't play no high school dance. . fuzztone hear 'em go. hear 'em on the radio.
Spin your body around. Now your feet are gonna hit the ground. I am growing sleepless. And you're out of lullabies. . Honey, honey, honey. You're the death of me.
I can walk the bed of nails. I'm not the only one. But some, they cannot walk the jagged line. Callous, concentrating. For nails are sharp as lies. I run the jagged line.
Now, you look like you just got back from somewhere. Somewhere, you know that it's true. Together we went nearly to nowhere. Nowhere really worth going to.