Oh baby, I was born with a fast fuse I got no time to love, just a city to abuse Oh baby, I was born with a fast fuse I got no time to love, just a city
I tell you something isn?t right The way i?m feeling kept me up all night I fix myself another drink I guess that?s crazy i need time to think And all
Face check, I walk this beach I'm frying in the heat In the cauldron stir me Chomp down my diamond teeth I ain't got The simple things in life I feel
Take me into the night, I'm an easy lover Take me into the fight, I'm an easy brother I'm on fire Burn my sweet effigy, I'm a road runner Spill my guts
There we were thick as thieves Frightened by shadows and the autumn leaves We wore stolen hats, fitted soles Aided by lies amongst the media foes And
Kill me if you dare, hold my head up everywhere Keep myself right on this train I'm the underdog, live my life on a lullaby Keep myself riding on this
Never took a punch in the ribcage, sonny Never met a soul who had no shrine Keep this all in your mind and get it inside my window What do we become
Mist covers the ground in the city Engine rumbles quiet as we drift by I wish you could see it through my crooked eye Oh, your beauty plays me just like
I will follow you now wherever you go I'll be with you now, stick around forever And I never wanna see those tears again, no, no When will you realize
Nightmares, oh nightmares come on now Getting my days all wrong now Risen from prison an outlaw Spending our time in the lion's jaw In the end you sink
This is the end of the tracks Where the fountains climb into your eye Nobody's hurting and nobody's lying They climb into your eye never to die They
Call yourself friend, and look me in the eye, I'll unstrap my knees an apologise, 'Cos I'm, Left Hand Luke and the begger boys, O yes we are. Ain
He's like the gutter people babe No pride his face displays Has he slept for hours or has he lain there many days? Still there's a smile on his face
Now if I were a bricklayer, I wouldn't build just anything And if I were a ballplayer, I wouldn't play no second string And if I were some jewelry baby
Some words uttered by a beggar Struck a glancing blow Frames form in his mind Words form in his mouth Call into this night [chorus] At each new corner
Beggars can't be choicey I know That's what the people say. But though my heart is begging for love I've turned some love away. Maybe one was true love
As the day breaks through the doorway And I'm still chained to this house But you call me and I follow And act like I'm so proud Still reading the sidewalk
Larger than life Are these shrunken wings A lasting strain This sparrow sings A paradise pure Is this pauper's rhyme A child of heart Lost in time