feeling lonesome

i'm gonna tell you what is happening
but what has been
is probably just another dumb story
of being high and living in sin
and i'm thinking of doing it
all over again
to your face or behind your back
or on the other side of the subway track
in a cute motel with manicured lawn
all night long partying until the dawn
in a beaten down shack in a beaten down neighborhood
beating my head thinking life is really good!
and it doesn't matter what time of day
or what you think or feel or might say:
a timeless story
walking high while falling fast from glory
looking directly at fate
trying not to hurry or be too late
looking over my shoulder
feeling lonesome, tired, and older
and she walks into view;
she wasn't familiar and she wasn't you
there was music and her perfume
she burned me in her room
but i lit the match
it became more than a scratch.
i'm gonna tell you what is happening
but what has been
is probably just another dumb story
of being high and living in sin
and i'm thinking of doing it
all over again
to your face or behind your back
or on the other side of the subway track
in a cute motel with manicured lawn
all night long partying until the dawn
in a beaten down shack in a beaten down neighborhood
beating my head thinking life is really good!
and it doesn't matter what time of day
or what you think or feel or might say:
a timeless story
walking high while falling fast from glory
looking directly at fate
trying not to hurry or be too late
looking over my shoulder
feeling lonesome, tired, and older
and she walks into view;
she wasn't familiar and she wasn't you
there was music and her perfume
she burned me in her room
but i lit the match
it became more than a scratch.