Now I'm of consenting age to be forgetting you in a cabaret. Somewhere downtown where a burlesque queen may even ask my name As she sheds her skin on stage I'm seated and sweating to a dance song on the club's P.A. The strip joint veteran sits two away Smirking between dignified sips Of his dignified peach and lime daiquiri And isn't this exactly where you'd like me I'm exactly where you'd like me, you know Praying for love in a lap dance and paying in naivety Oh, and isn't this exactly where you'd like me I'm exactly where you'd like me, you know Praying for love in a lap dance and paying in naivety Oh, but I'm afraid that I Well, I may of faked it And I wouldn't be caught dead in this place Well, I'm afraid that I Well, that's right, that I may have faked it And I wouldn't be caught dead in this place And isn't this exactly where you'd like me I'm exactly where you'd like me, you know Praying for love in a lap dance and paying in naivety Oh, and isn't this exactly where you'd like me I'm exactly where you'd like me, you know Praying for love in a lap dance and paying in naivety Well, I'm afraid that I Well, I may of faked it And I wouldn't be caught dead in this place Well, I'm afraid that I Well, that's right, well I may have faked it And I wouldn't be caught dead in this place And isn't this exactly where you'd like me I'm exactly where you'd like me, you know Praying for love in a lap dance and paying in naivety Oh, and isn't this exactly where you'd like me I'm exactly where you'd like me, you know Praying for love in a lap dance and paying in naivety Praying for love and paying in naivety Praying for love and paying in naivety, oh

He was the congregation's vagrant With an unrequited love When your passion's exaltation Then finding refuge is not enough She was the youngest of the family And the last to be let go When they decided they would try and make it on their own Oh, memories Where'd you go? You were all I've ever known How I miss yesterday And how I let it fade away Where'd you go? When July became December Their affection fought the cold But they couldn't quite remember What inspired them to go And it was beautifully depressing Like a street car named Desire They were fighting for their love that started growing tired Oh, memories Where'd you go? You were all I've ever known How I miss yesterday And how I let it fade away Don't fade away When money lost momentum And the bills were piling high Then the smile had finally faded From the apple of their eye And they were young and independent And they thought they had it planned Should have known right from the start You can't predict the end Oh, memories Where'd you go? You were all I've ever known How I miss yesterday And how I let it fade away Oh, memories Where'd you go? You were all I've ever known How I miss yesterday And how I let it fade away Don't fade away

The I.V. and your hospital bed This was no accident This was a therapeutic chain of events This is the scent of dead skin on a linoleum floor This is the scent of quarantine wings in a hospital It's not so pleasant and it's not so conventional It sure as hell ain't normal but we deal, we deal The anesthetic never set in and I'm wondering where The apathy and urgency is that I thought I phoned in It's not so pleasant and it's not so conventional It sure as hell ain't normal but we deal, we deal Sit back, just sit back Just sit back and relax Just sit back, just sit back Just sit back and relapse again Can't take the kid from the fight, take the fight from the kid Sit back, relax, sit back, relapse again Can't take the kid from the fight, take the fight from the kid Just sit back, just sit back You're a regular decorated emergency You're a regular decorated emergency This is the scent of dead skin on a linoleum floor This is the scent of quarantine wings in a hospital It's not so pleasant and it's not so conventional It sure as hell ain't normal but we deal, we deal The anesthetic never set in and I'm wondering where The apathy and urgency is that I thought I phoned in It's not so pleasant and it's not so conventional It sure as hell ain't normal but we deal, we deal Can't take the kid from the fight, take the fight from the kid Sit back, relax, sit back, relapse again Can't take the kid from the fight, take the fight from the kid Just sit back, just sit back Sit back, sit back, relax, relapse Sit back, sit back (ba-ba-ba-dah) You can't take the kid out of the fight You're a regular decorated emergency The bruises and contusions will remind me what you did when you wake You've earned your place atop the ICU's hall of fame The camera caught you causing a commotion on the gurney again You're a regular decorated emergency The bruises and contusions will remind me what you did when you wake You've earned your place atop the ICU's hall of fame The camera caught you causing a commotion on the gurney again Can't take the kid from the fight, take the fight from the kid Sit back, relax, sit back, relapse again Can't take the kid from the fight, take the fight from the kid Just sit back, just sit back Sit back, sit back, relax, relapse Sit back, sit back (ba-ba-ba-dah) You can't take the kid out of the fight The I.V. and your hospital bed This was no accident This was a therapeutic chain of events