Sorrow swallows my screams My story starts the day they said "she can't be found" the news so dark, heart stopped, I stood silent without a sound It's over, she's finished, mother lies with my father and sister too Cold-blooded, they suffered, shot down

Oh ah oh ah oh ah oh oh (Oh ah oh ah oh ah oh oh) I'm making all my own plans Throwing all my old ones away Draw a map, find a path Take a breath and run I'm going to open my mind to all these New found exciting possibilities Gonna grow up, Be someone

The boys of the NYPD choir For Christmas day And the bells were ringing out Still singing "Galway Bay" It was Christmas Eve babe In the drunk tank An old man said to me, won't see another one And then he sang a song The Rare Old Mountain Dew

Are still alive and well today Don't need to find a new way to say We don't go out of style A good woman's made to love not just to hold Monday through Friday sure takes awhile We all get sideways and go that extra mile The common ways we work and play

I told ya I was troubled You know that I'm no good You had to be a nasty girl and try to play me I could forgive the past, but I never forget it I cheated myself Like I knew I would

Where's LA? Whatever happened to the city we knew? Tell my mother, my brothers My father, and others In an old apartment Down in the garden I was born on a sunny day When the riots ruled the streets like a Sunday parade

And make you want to run away But as we grow older Things can go bad Because people are lonely Fade, fade, fade The horizon has been defeated By the pirates of the new age Alien casinos

Feel like a brand new person (but you make the same old mistakes) Stop thinking you're the only option (Stop before it’s too late) But you've got your demons, and she's got her regrets Going with what I always longed for I don’t care I’m in love (stop

You wanted me to be weak But when shit got bad, I was strong And now I flex up all day long I catch feelings way too quick But I lose them so much quicker My old girl's arse was thick But my new girl's arse is thicker I thought that I loved you but I was

We'll show you the world and we'll teach you a trade It's not a job, it's an adventure, oh yes sir, I got that Ah, but you never told me I'd get my ass shot at Oh, you'll meet lots of new friends and you're sure to get paid You never told me I'd get my