I've been misery 'n, Ever since my daddy gone, yeah. I've been, honey, I've been misery 'n, yes I have, now. Ever since my, since my daddy gone, gone, gone. But I believe that it won't, Baby, it won't be too long, If I just could hang on, Yeah, until my, till my misery Will all be gone. Whoa, I said my rooms, you know, They're so empty, empty, empty, empty, empty. Filled up with sadness, sometimes, yeah. My rooms are so empty, empty, empty, empty. Child, filled up with sadness, honey, sometimes, sometimes. Oh well it just, it just moves in, Like the fog rolls in. And I find I, well I can't see you, baby, For my tears. But I've tried. Don't you know I've tried. Cried, cried, cried, cried, cried. Baby now, I've been missin' you. Oh, I've been missin' you, babe! Yeah, and it all seems to bother me Much more that it seems it should be. So, baby, now, now, Baby, now, now, Baby, tell me why, Does it have to be Oh, so wrong for me? I never thought I could ever want anybody, No, no, no, never did, I never did. Why am I feelin' so strange? Whoaaaaa, I never, never, never needed nobody, no, no, But maybe you could help me â€" Why am I feelin' so strange? Yeah, an' I've got me a great, An' I've got a great big bed With two pillows for my head. Hey, but lately I been sleepin', sleepin' alone. But I've tried, Don't you know I've tried. Cried, cried, You know how I've cried. An', an' baby, I've been missin' you. Tried, Don't you know I've tried. Cried, Cried, cried, cried, cried, Baby now, I've been missin' you. Tried, Don't you know I've tried. Cried, cried, You know how I've cried. An', an' baby, I've been missin' you, Yeah ...

I wonder how many times you've been had And I wonder how many plans have gone bad I wonder how many times you had sex And I wonder do you know who'll be next I wonder, I wonder, wonder I do I wonder about the love you can't find And I wonder about the loneliness that's mine I wonder how much going have you got And I wonder about your friends that are not I wonder, I wonder, wonder I do I wonder about the tears in children's eyes And I wonder about the soldier that dies I wonder will this hatred ever end I wonder and worry my friend I wonder, I wonder, wonder don't you? I wonder how many times you been had And I wonder how many dreams have gone bad I wonder how many times you've had sex And I wonder do you know who'll be next I wonder, I wonder, wonder I do

Woman, please, be gone You've stayed here much too long Don't you wish that you could cry? Don't you wish I would die? Seamy, seesaw kids Child-woman on the skids The dust will choke you blind The lust will choke your mind I kiss the floor one kick no more The pig and hose have set me free I've tasted hate street's hangin' tree I've tasted hate street's hangin' tree I kiss the floor one kick no more The pig and hose have set me free I've tasted hate street's hangin' tree I've tasted hate street's hangin' tree The inner city birthed me The local pusher nursed me Cousins make it on the street They marry every trick they meet A dime, a dollar, they're all the same When a man comes in to bust your game The turn-key comes, his face a grin Locks the cell I'm in again I kiss the floor one kick no more The pig and hose have set me free I've tasted hate street's hangin' tree I've tasted hate street's hangin' tree I've tasted hate street's hangin' tree I've tasted hate street's hangin' tree I've tasted hate street's hangin' tree I've tasted hate street's hangin' tree...

Going down a dirty inner city side road I plotted Madness passed me by, she smiled hi I nodded Looked up as the sky began to cry She shot it. Met a girl from Dearborn, early six o'clock this morn A cold fact Asked about her bag, suburbia's such a drag Won't go back 'Cos Papa don't allow no new ideas here And now he sees the news, but the picture's not too clear. Mama, Papa, stop Treasure what you got Soon you may be caught Without it The curfew's set for eight Will it ever all be straight I doubt it. 7 jealous fools playing by her rules Can't believe her He feels so in between, can't break the scene It would grieve her And that's the reason why he must cry He'll never leave her. Crooked children, yellow chalk Writing on the concrete walk Their King died Drinking from a Judas cup, Looking down but seeing up Sweet red wine 'Cos Papa don't allow no new ideas here And now you hear the music But the words don't sound too clear. Mama, Papa, stop Treasure what you got Soon you may be caught Without it The curfew's set for eight Will it ever all be straight I doubt it. Going down a dusty, Georgian side road I wonder The wind splashed in my face Can smell a trace Of thunder.

Sugar man, won't you hurry 'Cos I'm tired of these scenes For a blue coin won't you bring back All those colors to my dreams Silver magic ships you carry Jumpers, coke, sweet Mary Jane Sugar man met a false friend On a lonely dusty road Lost my heart when I found it It had turned to dead black coal Silver magic ships you carry Jumpers, coke, sweet Mary Jane Sugar man you're the answer That makes my questions disappear Sugar man 'cos I'm weary Of those double games l hear Sugar man Sugar man Sugar man Sugar man Sugar man Sugar man Sugar man Sugar man, won't you hurry 'Cos I'm tired of these scenes For a blue coin won't you bring back All those colors to my dreams Silver magic ships you carry Jumpers, coke, sweet Mary Jane Sugar man met a false friend On a lonely dusty road Lost my heart when I found it It had turned to dead black coal Silver magic ships you carry Jumpers, coke, sweet Mary Jane Sugar man you're the answer That makes my questions disappear

Was it a huntsman or a player That made you pay the cost That now assumes relaxed positions And prostitutes your loss? Were you tortured by your own thirst In those pleasures that you seek That made you Tom the curious That makes you James the weak? And you claim you got something going Something you call unique But I've seen your self-pity showing As the tears rolled down your cheeks Soon you know I'll leave you And I'll never look behind 'Cause I was born for the purpose That crucifies your mind So con-convince your mirror As you've always done before Giving substance to shadows Giving substance ever more And you assume you got something to offer Secrets shiny and new But how much of you is repetition That you didn't whisper to him too?

The mayor hides the crime rate Council woman hesitates Public gets irate but forget the vote date Weatherman complaining, predicted sun, it's raining Everyone's protesting, boyfriend keeps suggesting You're not like all of the rest Garbage ain't collected, women ain't protected Politicians using, people they're abusing The mafia's getting bigger, like pollution in the river And you tell me that this is where it's at Woke up this morning with an ache in my head I splashed on my clothes as I spilled out of bed I opened the window to listen to the news But all I heard was the Establishment's Blues. Gun sales are soaring, housewives find life boring Divorce the only answer smoking causes cancer This system's gonna fall soon, to an angry young tune And that's a concrete cold fact The pope digs population, freedom from taxation Teeny Bops are uptight, drinking at a stoplight Miniskirt is flirting I can't stop so I'm hurting Spinster sells her hopeless chest Adultery plays the kitchen, bigot cops non-fiction The little man gets shafted, sons and monies drafted Living by a time piece, new war in the Far East Can you pass the Rorschach test? It's a hassle, it's an educated guess. Well, frankly I couldn't care less