Where do I go? Follow the river. Where do I go? Follow the gulls. Where is the something? Where is the someone. That tells me why I live and die?. . Where do I go? Follow the children.
Doors are locked. Doors locked. Blinds pulled. Blinds pulled. . Lights low. Lights low. Flames high. Flames high. . My body. My body. My body. . My body.
Ripped open by metal explosion. Caught in barbed wire. Fireball, bullet shock. Bayonet, electricity. Shrapnel, throbbing meat. . Electronic data processing.
Manchester, England, England across the Atlantic Sea. And I'm a genius, genius, I believe in God. And I believe that God believes in Claude. That's me, that's me Claude Hooper Bukowski.
I got life, mother. I got laughs, sister. I got freedom, brother. . I got crazy ways, daughter. I got headaches and toothaches. And bad times too like you.
Om mane padme om. On mane padme om. . Folding the flag means taking care of the nation. Folding the flag is putting it to bed for the night. I fell through a hole in the flag.
I've drank, I've drank. I'm weak, I'm weak. I drink so wine. My name is Loveboy. . Ain't got no home, ain't got no shoes, ain't got no money. Ain't got no class, ain't got no scarf, ain't got no gloves.
I'm black, I'm black. I'm pink, I'm pink. I'm Rinso white. I'm in-vi-si-ble. . Ain't got no home, ain't got no shoes, ain't got no money. Ain't got no class, ain't got no scarf, ain't got no gloves.