Wasn't she a beer drinkin' woman? She was a beer-drinkin' woman The story's true ladies and gentlemen All the names have been changed to Protect the innocent The year nineteen hundred and forty The city, Chicago the place, Rubin's Tavern The story goes

Always wanna die And I always wanna die sometimes I always wanna die sometimes I always wanna die I bet you thought your life would change But you're sat on a train again Your memories are sceneries For things you said but never really meant

You're not mine anymore She said you need to let me go She said I'd die for you, you're like my drug but I can't get high off you Since you left, I've been holding onto a memory And you said I changed and you're so damn sick of me Since you walked out

I'm not afraid to die Cause all these colors will change 'Cause all these colors will change Bits and bits of cane Burning burning burning Bit by bit away They grow as people grow All the needy still need

And if you hear me talking on the wind You've got to understand We must remain Perfect strangers Can you remember remember my name As I flow through your life A thousand oceans I have flown And cold spirits of ice All my life

I never wanted and I never cared before In this vicious circle we are Brought back to life only to die (Take it back this is a new day) For tomorrow may fall And today is already gone I have seen my world change And then go back to where it came (Take it

Baby I would die for you, yeah I would die for you Even though we're going through it And it makes you feel alone Just know that I would die for you The distance and the time between us It'll never change my mind, 'cause baby You know what I'm thinkin'

I, I'm just thinking about you You just change my life for good Now it's time for me to thank you And to see that I love you baby I, I'm here for you anytime If you need me you know where I am Ladies, lady, lady, ladies only you can say that you know me

Just another shallow man Zipped up in a body bag Does everybody in the world have to fucking die? Everybody in the world have to fucking die? Everybody in the world has to fucking die? Change, some broken fate Dim fucking dreams of a Hollywood cage

Ev'ry time we say goodbye When you're near There's such an air of spring about it I can hear a lark somewhere Begin to sing about it There's no love song finer But how strange the change From major to minor I die a little