I'm hangin' halfway off the balcony Overthinkin' 'cause my job is way more than a salary Everything around me gold like I just practiced alchemy I realized when it comes to girls That chemistry means way more than anatomy She mad at me, she been mad at

Once I knew a girl in the hard hard times She made me a shirt out of fives and dimes Now she's gone but when I wear it she crosses my mind And if the best is for the best then the best is unkind I realized that Illinois was more than I could stand They