Twenty-seven dollar dress shoes and a ride back home Still hard to comprehend leaving on my own Papers all said Old Joe's back from the grave I don't suppose they know I wasn't dead all of those days most all those Days And if I acquire some fine complacence Send a message down the line Please define the things you meant I'd say where you're concerned I'm patience Just looking through the old façade Space between the thoughts is God Don't forget to pay the rent I heard welcome back Joe but their eyes weren't saying it I don't suppose they're thinking it the way they're praying yet The question is how that scar is healing The answer my beloved is to which scar might you be referring And if I ain't quite the one you knew then Please forgive the cold reflection We're all mirrors in the end And if I decide to heed direction Just spoiled children spared the rod Space between the thoughts is God Don't forget to pay the rent The rent the rent the rent the rent the rent the rent The rent the rent the rent the rent the rent the rent the rent The rent the rent the rent the rent the rent the rent the rent The rent the rent the rent the rent the rent the rent the rent the rent If I decide to heed direction Just spoiled children spared the rod Space between the thoughts is God Don't forget to pay the rent The rent the rent the rent the rent the rent the rent The rent the rent the rent the rent the rent the rent the rent The rent the rent the rent the rent the rent the rent the rent The rent the rent the rent the rent the rent the rent the rent the rent Pay the rent Pay the rent the rent The rent Twenty-seven dollar dress shoes and a ride back home