Yeah Yeah, yeah Um Yeah Well You could have the world in the palm of your hand You still might drop it And everybody wanna reach inside your pockets I tell 'em red light, stop it Shit, that give me more headaches than alcoholics There was nothin' in my wallet, just a lot of dreaming I built a crib on top of the Promised Land, we'll call it even Hm, I bring more flavor than all the seasons Winter, spring, summer, fall, the grass is always greener 'til I cut it all Please leave me to my studies, I give you no applause My hands been counting money, and it's hard to be the boss But somebody gotta do it (It gets so exhausting) Often with the bullshit, but, baby, I been through it Enough for the both of us So come over later and we won't let no one close to us We could be posted up Yeah Okay, well, you could have the world in the palm of your hand You still might drop it And everybody wanna reach inside your pockets So it goes It's like, in every conversation, we the topic This narcissism, more like narcotics So it goes Well, everybody gather 'round I'm still standin', sit down Woah-oh And I know been out (And I know I been out) But now I'm back in town (But now I'm back in town), so I Show you the ropes So it goes, so it goes, so it goes La-da-da-da, la-da-da La-da-da-da, da-da-da So it goes (So it goes) La-da-da-da, la-da-da La-da-da-da, da-da-da So it goes Well, this is a special delivery Coming to you live with the Endless artillery, always down to ride My eyes on the enterprise Nine lives, never die, fuck a heaven, I'm still getting high Never mind, did I mention I'm fine 'Cause her pussy gettin' wetter when the weather dry Clementine, peelin' off and everyone get left behind I'm only 5'7", 'cept I'm feelin' like I'm 7'5" Damn it, cross planets, interstellar Never land, not a Jackson, packed with action So what's happenin', my man? No relaxin', kickin' back, this ain't exactly in the plan I can't get no satisfaction, goddamn They sayin' I been gone too long I could just tell 'em fuck you, but that come on too strong My god, it go on and on Just like a circle, I go back where I'm from Well, everybody gather around I'm still standing, sit down Woah-oh And I know been out (And I know I been out) But now I'm back in town (But now I'm back in town), so I Show you the ropes So it goes, so it goes, so it goes La-da-da-da, la-da-da La-da-da-da, da-da-da So it goes (So it goes) La-da-da-da, la-da-da La-da-da-da, da-da-da So it goes

I crowned the same old passing of time Gave the golden sceptre though it was never really mine He made the days all pass me by In such idyllic swiftness, he didn't even try And so it goes, the stillness covers my ears Tenderly, until all sound disappears Now it shows, while wind is swinging the trees Vigorously Well, it has stopped to move me I praised the same old spending of time Slept on the whitest beaches in the calmest of nights They held me chained and captive so I Could never join the sea in its ever changing tides If I'm to let it in It might just stay forever If I'm to welcome him We might just stay together The crown remains, it's always been mine I ought to wear it better, I ought to know it now And so it goes, the stillness covers my ears Tenderly, until all sound disappears Now it shows, while wind is swinging the trees Vigorously Well, it has stopped to move me

See you in the dark All eyes on you, my magician All eyes on us You make everyone disappear, and Cut me into pieces Gold cage, hostage to my feelings Back against the wall Trippin', trip-trippin' when you're gone 'Cause we breakdown a little But when you get me alone, it's so simple 'Cause baby, I know what you know We can feel it And all the pieces fall Right into place Getting caught up in a moment Lipstick on your face So it goes I'm yours to keep And I'm yours to lose You know I'm not a bad girl But I do bad things with you So it goes Met you in a bar All eyes on me, your illusionist All eyes on us I make all your gray days clear and Wear you like a necklace I'm so chill, but you make me jealous But I got your heart Skippin', skip-skippin' when I'm gone 'Cause we breakdown a little But when I get you alone, it's so simple 'Cause baby, I know what you know We can feel it And all the pieces fall Right into place Getting caught up in a moment Lipstick on your face So it goes I'm yours to keep And I'm yours to lose You know I'm not a bad girl But I do bad things with you So it goes Come here, dressed in black now So, so, so it goes Scratches down your back now So, so, so it goes You did a number on me But honestly, baby, who's counting? I did a number on you But honestly, baby, who's counting? You did a number on me But honestly, baby, who's counting? Who's counting? (One, two, three) And all the pieces fall Right into place Getting caught up in a moment Lipstick on your face So it goes I'm yours to keep And I'm yours to lose You know I'm not a bad girl But I do bad things with you So it goes Come here, dressed in black now So, so, so it goes Scratches down your back now So, so, so it goes Come here, dressed in black now So, so, so it goes Scratches down your back now So, so, so it goes

Red Pants and the Sugarman in the Temple Street gloom Drinkin' Chivas Regal in a four dollar room Just another dead soldier in a powder blue night Sugarman says, "Baby, everything's alright" Goin' downtown, downtown, town Goin' down, downtown Montclaire de Havelin doin' the St.Vitus dance Lookin' for someone to chop the lumber in his pants How am I gonna unload all this ice and all this mink? All the traffic in the streets but it's so hard to think Goin' downtown, downtown, town Goin' down, downtown Frankie wearin' lipstick, Pierre Cardin I swear to God, I seen him holdin' hands with Jimmy Bond Sally's high on crank and hungry for some sweets Fem in the sheets but she butch in the streets Goin' downtown, downtown, town Goin' down, downtown It's cool of the evening, the sun's goin' down Want to hold you in my arms, I want to push you around I want to break your bottle and spill out all your charms Come on baby, we'll set off all the burglar alarms Goin' downtown, downtown, town Goin' down, downtown Red Pants and the Sugarman in the temple street gloom Are drinkin' Chivas Regal in a four dollar room Just another dead soldier in a powder blue night Red Pants turn to Sugarman and says, "Everything's alright" Goin' downtown, downtown, town Goin' down, downtown

Lonely, lonely, lonely Lonely eyes, lonely face Lonely, lonely in your place, lonely Lonely, lonely eyes, lonely face Lonely, lonely in your place I thought that I knew All that their was to lonely Lonely, lonely, lonely Melanie Jane won't feel the pain Lonely, lonely Lonely, lonely eyes, lonely face Lonely, lonely in your place I thought that I knew All that their was to lonely Lonely, lonely Lonely eyes, lonely face Lonely, lonely in your place And I still love you I still love you Lonely, lonely

Dot King was whittled from the bone of Cain With a little drop of poison in the red, red blood She need a way to turn around the bend She said, "I want to walk away and start over again" There are things I've done I can't erase I want to look in the mirror see another face I said, "never", but I'm doing it again I wanna walk away, start over again No more rain, no more roses I'm on my way, shake my thirst in a cool, cool pond There's a winner in every place There's a heart that's beating in every page The beginning of it starts at the end When it's time to walk away and start over again Weather's murder at a hundred and three William Ray shot Corabell Lee A yellow dog knows when he has sinned You wanna walk away and start over again No more rain, no more roses I'm on my way, shaking my thirst in a cool, cool pond Cooper told Maui the whole block's gone They're dying for jewellery, money and clothes I always get out of the trouble I'm in I want to walk away, start over again I left my bible by the side of the road Carve my initials in an old dead tree I'm going away but I'm going to be back when It's time to walk away and start over again It's time to walk away and You gotta walk away, gotta walk away I just wanna walk away yeah, wanna walk away and start over again I wanna walk away, wanna walk away, wanna walk away, wanna walk away, I wanna walk away...