How have I come to this? How did I slip and fall? How did I throw half a lifetime away Without any thought at all? This should've been my time It's over
Don't come on so cocksure boy, you can't escape your genes No point in feeling purer boy, your background intervenes Listen good and listen straight,
I grew up in your hometown, at least began to grow I hadn't got to my first shave before the body blow Egyptians in the courtyard, my family in chains
Overwear, underwear, anytime, anywhere Overwear, underwear, anytime, anywhere Now I believe in lookin' like my time on earth is cookin' Whether polka
We all lead such elaborate lives Wild ambitions in our sights How an affair of the heart survives Days apart and hurried nights Seems quite unbelievable
I'm sorry for everything I've said And for anything I forgot to say too When things get so complicated I stumble, at best muddle through I wish that
I once knew all the answers, I stood on certain ground A picture of true happiness, confidence so effortless No brighter could be found I never asked
Take me in my dreams recurring Cheerful as a childhood dance Into one more taste of freedom One more longing backward glance In the sway of somber music
You know nothing about me And care even less How could you understand Our emptiness You've plundered our wisdom Our knowledge, our wealth In bleeding
It's knowing what they want of me that scares me It's knowing having followed, I must lead It's knowing that each person there compares me To those in
I am here to tell you we can never meet again Simple really, isn't it, a word or two and then A lifetime of not knowing where or how or why or when You
It's so strange he doesn't show me more affection than he needs Almost formal, too respectful, never takes romantic leads There are times when I imagine