Now I don't really care what you call me I bet they knew as soon as they saw me All she wrote, all she wrote Just as long as you don't call me bro' "Goodnight its over with" that's all she wrote Streets like cold Chicago Ain't nothing new I've seen it

And you should know, please believe me I've picked up the phone a thousand times And tried to dial your number, but it's been so long It's never easy, it's like tryin' to spin the world the other way But for the way we let it end What can I say? What can

You can call me I'll be your temporary fix When you're lonely When you can't sleep You control me Even if it's just tonight When you feel like I'm always what you like Let me be your good night

And I said someday I'll get my life straight And she said it's too late What's done is done And I told her someday She said I can't wait 'Cause sometimes someday just never comes She looked me in the eye and said it's over I can't take this heartache

Still don't know what love means La la la lala lala Cocaine flame in my bloodstream Sold my coat when I hit Spokane It's too late And I found myself face down in the ditch Booze in my hair, blood on my lips A picture of you holding a picture of me

Or do something that's never been done In the future where will I be? You can climb a ladder up to the sun Oh brother, I can't, I can't get through I've been trying hard to reach you 'cause I don' know what to do Oh brother, I can't believe it's true I'm

You are your own worst enemy So what ails you is what impales you I am my own worst enemy You're a victim of the system I've got a really bad disease It's got me begging On my hands and knees

I’ll fly beyond the sun Before too long I’ll say goodbye to my burdens Someday, somehow I wonder what it's like to live on cloud nine Where everything's fine all of the time I wonder how it feels to be unafraid Day after day after it rains I wonder what

No one knows what it's like To be the bad man To be the sad man Behind blue eyes But my dreams They aren't as empty As my conscience seems to be I have hours, only lonely My love is vengeance

Yeah, we all fall down The higher we fly the harder it feels when we hit the ground What makes a man work until it's kids too old to kiss and hug He won't climb another imaginary mountain when he is in love enough What makes a man build a kingdom all