I went down to the local gypsy And I handed her the same line You know what I want from you So honey, won't ya gimme number nine? 'Cause you know lately
Sendin' you faithful love When your heart is beaten black and blue And the whole world is lookin' back at you And you're feelin' low around the bend
I went to the water's edge Forgot I couldn't swim I went to the water's edge All ready to jump in I saw the water shimmer I heard the wind howl I saw
One, two, one, two, three, four Sometimes I think things are overwhelming Sometimes I think I don't know what I'll do But I forget the world and everything
Here we are hanging Onto strains of greed and blues Break the chain then we break down Oh it's not real if you don't feel it Unspoken expectations ideals
Things like this can always take a little time I always thought we'd be together down the line We start to fight and can't get over, over what was said
I come home in the morning light My mother says when you gonna live your life right Oh mother dear we're not the fortunate ones And girls they want to
Through the burning sun Through the burning sun And the driving rain And the driving rain Over the sea Over the sea And across the plain And across the
You're sorry now And you'll change somehow And I am what you need to get out I don't wanna be I don't wanna be I don't wanna be a witness No, I don'
I've got a ticket, no turning back My destination The sea of trouble, the land of pain You're sending me where it always rains Oh, reconsider, I'm begging
There's a riot in the kitchen and the bed's on fire There's a locket in my pocket that I can't find Oh oh I'm at the window whistlin' in the wind I'm
All she ever wanted When the day turned indigo Was to leave her grubby life behind her To the buzzing streets below Tainted passion and temptation Led
Got this endless itch to ride Into the night Fortune cookie says I'm right Kung Fu like Shake your body, Mister Gonna make ya body blister Say hey, hey
Hey Pedro, where we goin'? (I don't know) Turn on that flashlight I...I think I'm kissin' your sister Early in the mornin', and I can't get it right
I'm just your fool, can't help myself I love you baby and no one else Oh, I ain't crazy; you are my baby I'm just your fool I'm just your fool, I must
I've been down so long You know, down don't bother me I've been down so long You know, down don't bother me Gonna take all my troubles And cast 'em
Where are you? You never knew yourself well enough, hah But she never knew you at all And when she put you out on your own It may have stolen your innocence
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh Maybe he'll know, why I'm not so sure Maybe he'll know, why Maybe he'll be, be my cure Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh Maybe he'll know, well