Ashes to ashes, dust to dust Taste the poison Feel that this is life Hallowed be the game The life clock strikes and You obey Like a candle light that fades When the life clock strikes You will obey

I'm living' the life (whooo!) Without the life (god damn) Gotta make it today to live up on the stage (hey) So I'm blowing it up like a high school game I know my place is on this road, my sad story Reflect on all the things that fell behind, can't be

I'll be thinking about you baby Here's to the good life or so they say All those parties and games that all those people play They tell me this is the place to be All those beautiful people and nothing to see Sometimes I feel like something is gone here

It's a lonely road Full of tired men And you can see it in their faces And you'll be home in spring I can wait till then I heard you're on a big train And all this too shall pass This loneliness won't last for long I wasn't there to take his place

Dreams the world far away Eva flies away In this cruel children's game There's no friend to call her name Eva sails away The Good in her will be my sunflower field 6:30 winter morn Snow keeps falling, silent dawn A rose by any other name

I was the girl who was on fire I look in the mirror Is this our world? Is it someone else? To where you are Are we star crossed lovers? Did I really want you gone? If I'm really a winner Where do these demons come from?

This is love This is what I'm made with She likes the shark print with the zip-up High hats with the hiccups Dark tints on the pickup Pineapples and liquor She moves with the machine Play the game to change it This is how it is to be

I've got so much love You are the sun That makes my life this foolish game You need to know I love you so You are the rain And I'd do it all again and again Baby you'll find There's only one love

This game is nothin' I'm new to Money too long for a ruler I swim in it like Barracuda Man, I'm goin' deeper than scuba Y'all know nothin' 'bout this do ya? I'm grateful, I'm prayin' to Buddha (yeah) Y'all know nothin' 'bout this do ya? (yeah) Y'all know

Thug for Life I will be (this is the ballad of a dead soldier) A life of crime I will lead (close your eyes, hear the ballad of a dead soldier) If you play the game, you play to win (this is the ballad of a dead soldier) This is the ballad of a dead