Little man, you've had a busy day It's time to go to sleep now Listen to the jukebox softly play I know why you're crying I know why you're blue Someone took your kiddy car away Time to go to sleep now Someone took your marbles Tell you what we'll do

We were running with the night Playing in the shadows The heart of the city street was beating Light from the neons turned the dark to day We were too hot to think of sleeping We had to get out before the magic got away Just you and I, 'til the morning

Oh! they say some people long ago Were searching for a diff'rent tune One that they could croon As only they can They only had the rhythm so They started swaying to and fro They didn't know just what they had And that is how the blues really began They

She let it slip away, away, away They all feel the same 'Cause no one will love you like her Adjust to the fame And die with a smile She has no recollection Of the life she had without me It's so sad it had to be this She forgot the good things about me

And the sun is gonna shine Every winter was a war she said I want to get what's mine Jezebel wasn't born with a silver spoon in her mouth She probably had less than every one of us But when she knew how to walk she knew How to bring the house down Can't

Shhh quiet might piss somebody off I've had enough It's time for something real I don't respect the words you're speaking Gone too far Self-righteousness is wearing thin Heart bleeds but not for fellow men Like me motherfucker you've been at it for too

'Cause we have had enough All the violence has touched every part of our lives Our innocence is gone tonight We have had enough In my head there is a riot Turn the channel on the tv Another boy shot tonight I can't believe what I am seeing A body bag, a

I recall when I used to come home never had a dime But Lord I always had a good time And I recall drinkin' wine with one of my friends Lord, I can't go back again Am I losin' my own way back home Am I losin' a good friend that I've known Am I losin'

I just had a change of heart Oh, I just had a change of heart Are we awake? Am I too old to be this stoned? Was it your breasts from the start? They played a part For goodness sake I wasn't told you'd be this cold Now it's my time to depart and I just

Ridin’ down the highway Who wants to be the DJ I’ll find a spot on the side of the road You find something on the radio A real, real good song We'll know it when it comes on We had no money and no place to go All we needed was a radio Seventeen, the only