The door is coming off the hinges I'm 'bout to pass out, no doubt it's hot in here Because the club is full of women It's wall to wall and I got my crew
My baby drives a car He calls me when he wants I don a pair of zip-up boots I go to shake my hair out loose I never take my eyes off you Oh no no, oh
I look out my window and watch her as she passes by I said to myself I'm such a lucky guy To have a girl like her is strictly a dream come true And of
I was driving home early Sunday morning through Bakersfield Listening to Gospel music on the colored radio station And the preacher said, "You know you
Worked the bars and sideshows along the twilight zone Only a crowd can make you feel so alone and it really hit home Booze and pills and powders, you
I've been holding out so long I've been sleeping all alone Lord, I miss you I've been hanging on the phone I've been sleeping all alone I want to kiss
I'll never be your beast of burden My back is broad but it's a hurting All I want is for you to make love to me I'll never be your beast of burden I'
Well now we're respected in society We don't worry about the things that we used to be We're talking heroin with the president If there's a problem sir
Some girls give me money Some girls buy me clothes Some girls give me jewelry That I never thought I'd own Some girls give me diamonds Some girls, heart
Lies, dripping off your mouth like dirt Lies, lie in every step you walk Lies, whispered sweetly in my ear Lies, how do I get out of here? Why, why you
Shattered, shattered Love and hope and sex and dreams are still survivin' on the street Look at me, I'm in tatters I'm shattered, shattered Friends are
When the whip comes down Yeah Mama and Papa told me see I was crazy to stay I was gay in New York, just a fag in L.A. And I took the money and I took
We?ll turn away in a passive decision We?ll take the steps through the unmarked door A look back for another collision But the boys of the spires are
Through the cables and the underground now The faceless breathless calls This is babel, Sensurround now This place is death with walls Too much contact
Burn me a fire in the reptile house In the colour and the carnage fall me down My face in the fire in the reptile house And the kissing and the colour
The bodies of the naked on the low damp ground In the violet hour to the violent sound And the darkness the blinding the eyes that shine And the voices
Lay me down the long white line Leave the sirens far behind me Paint my name in black and gold My heart, my flame, my heart, my road My heartland fade
Well alright Well it's 1969 okay We got a war across the USA There's nothing here for me and you We're just sitting here with nothing to do Well, there
