You're always on my mind And I never minded being on my own Then something broke in me and I wanted to go home To be where you are But even closer to you, you seem so very far And now I'm reaching out with every note I sing And I hope it gets to you on

Yo let me get down, let me get down, let me get down, let me get down Let me get down, let me get down, let me get down, let me get down To my motherfuckin' man 50 Grand, the alcoholic man Inject a tall can in his bloodstream if he can Biggie Smalls, the

We’re dancing on tables 'Til I’m off my face With all of my people And it couldn’t get better they say And it’s all out of tune Should be laughing, but there’s something wrong And it hits you when the lights go on We’re singing 'til last call Such a good

They're selling postcards of the hanging, they're painting the passports brown The beauty parlor is filled with sailors, the circus is in town Here comes the blind commissioner, they've got him in a trance One hand is tied to the tight-rope walker, the

Won't you come along with me To the Mississippi We'll take a boat to the land of dreams Steam down the river, down to New Orleans The band's there to meet us Old friends there to greet us Where all the proud and elite folks meet Heaven on earth, they

John Deere lunch kid and a thermos full of Kool Aid September harvest and I missed another school day 14 hours worth of dirt and there were lessons learned Waist deep in those fields of gold 7 tons of steel and a twelve year old Working hard just to keep

And where I'll find comfort God knows 'Cause you left me just when I needed you most You left me just when I needed you most Woke up this morning and I stared out the window I didn't stand in your way I miss you more than I missed you before And I

'Cause it's alright, alright to see a ghost I'm gonna run to the river, kiss my hand and wave 'Cause they're gonna be cool, happy, genius heroes And I wanna see 'em go down in the river where they go I'm gonna miss 'em so much I'm gonna miss them so much

Or are we alone? Is anyone left in this whole world? The human in me is long and missing Tell me, have you seen it? Have you seen it? I need something to believe in Tell me, are we alone? Where is the love? Where is the feeling?

Lord lord mother, you're all losing love Lord listen lover, you're all missing mama Fingerprinted waiting for the train You're working for the police and the private, the pirates and the pilots Get straight, wait here while I try to find the exit sign