So you want me to buy you a car. Why? Because Elvis did?. Darlin' come on. . Because Elvis gave 'em cars. You think I'm cheap. And you're hard done by.
I picked the morning paper off the floor. it was full of other people's little wars. wouldn't they like their peace. don't we get bored. and we call for the three great stimulants.
I am a poor wayfaring stranger. Traveling through all these highs and lows. I heard there was no sickness. And no toil or danger. Just mercy and plenty.
PENANCE CRANE:. The pirate anchored on a Wednesday. And why he came to port I wonder. To see a lady so my friends say. She dances for the sailors. In a smoky cabaret bar underground.
I want to paint a picture. Botticelli style. Instead of Venus on a clam. I'd paint this flower child. "You are the air my flowers breathe". He calls, and the ladies turn around.
I'm down to a roll of dimes. i'm stalking the slot that's hot. i keep hearing bells all around me. jingling in the lucky jackpots. they keep you tantalized.
I stepped outside to breathe the air. And stare up at the stars. Big dipper hanging there. Over the rented car. Over the rented car. I'm a runaway from the record biz.
Front rooms. back rooms. slide into tables. crowd into bathrooms. joke around. cheap talk. deep talk. talk, talk, talk around the clock. crawl home. lie down.
There was a moon and a street lamp. i didn't know i drank such a lot. 'till i pissed a tequila-anaconda. the full length of the parking lot!. oh, i talk too loose.