Need a script and a solid first draft
But don't know what to say
Write in prose for a really thick drama
With humor of the day
It's an original
Need it distinctive
A personal charade
It's not worth the paper that I'm writing on
Shred it for ticker tape parade
Heading out on my own (Locket blonde braid)
With a new loan
Singing words I disown (Nightstand lamp shade)
Written in stone
Growing out of my skin (Memories won't fade)
Cover is blown
I'm gone, but hanging on
I use my thumb
Because I can't afford a ticket
Prices rising fast
They say rich guys take nothing when they die
But I'm dying for their cash
I would never take more than a minimum wage
If you tell me it will last
You think you can take all we have
If you just get us to laugh
Hanging (I don't want to be this way)
On my own rope (No one ever does)
Body and soul
Swinging (Stand up or back away)
Thought I could cope (Or you can side with us)
I should have known
Gasping (I don't want to leave this way)
My final words (But I made a choice)
Have to be heard
And I can't go back
Hey!
I'm more reticent and violent
When we need to talk
I can't get it out, but need to vent
Same old things they need to stop
I'm on-off again
Lined up again
On-Off again, line up again
And soon after I settle down
They start again
When I'm doubled over
When I'm doubled over
And I'm doubled over
What would I be
Without my enemies
Keep me sharp
Keep me clean
Keep me straight
It took some time
But I can say
It brings me a peace of mind
Bring me a peace of mind
Bring me, yeah
A peace of mind
(Not alone all the time)
Bring me a peace of mind
(Road or home, all the time)
Bring me, yeah
A peace of mind
(All the time)
Bring me a piece of