Paint faded and cracked Tickets on the dash Pushin' wrinkles out Of a button down With heat off the hood Of my car What if I can't make it off the tarmac? Road's edge with my eyes up at the hills Life round here should feel like liftoff on a sunny day No where to go but up, up, up Nights sleepin' parked downtown Weeks end in months My Goodyears wearin' out Life round here don't feel like liftoff On a sunny day All I feel is pain Surviving ain't the same Without pleasure Parties like a job Orgies on the yacht Called my tailor off Til' the closets done In the new wing Got three full With clothes wrinkled In the hall What if all I wanted was the tarmac Pools edge with my eyes down off the hills Life round here should feel like liftoff on a sunny day Pills for the lows, sleep up, up, up Nights staying up Forgot the month These zeros trailing out Life round here don't feel like liftoff No, no It all just feels the same Life without the pain All just feels the same Life without the pain Ain't pleasure