It's five o'clock somewhere

I once had a friend

They found him in a car

A hose to the window

And the motor running hot

Seems he couldn't take it

The rhetoric of life

Someone found him naked

With a note right by his side

A note right by his side 



He can't take it back

Neither can I

No, neither can I 



Mommy and daddy

I've borrowed the car

to sleep on the floor

I'm sorry so much

For bringing my own living hell to

your door

Thanks for all the flowers

At the ringside seat

Thanks for nothing everyone

The prayers were too weak 



This is the way

It happens all the time

Can you pay attention

To everyone that cries

Remember you can make it through

And make it new

Only if you try

You gotta try 



Cause you can't take it back

Neither can I

No, neither can I 



Mommy and daddy

I've borrowed the car

to sleep on the floor

I'm sorry so much

For bringing my own living hell to

your door

But things had gotten heavy

Everything was deep

Nothing really mattered

So I just went to sleep

I just went to sleep

And I can't take it back

I won't try 



I won't try

I won't try

I won't try

I won't try 



Mommy and daddy

I've borrowed the car

to sleep on the floor

Mommy and daddy

I'm sorry to tell you, life is a bore

Don't send any flowers

Don't send anymore

Cause I can't give no more

Ain't it scary deep inside

Aren't you naked with no pride

Let me turn you on

Oh, I can feed you lies

Let me turn you on 



It's no longer a game

And under your skin

I am ready to dive in

Parasites on television screens

Hide in the cracks and

Underneath the seams 



Dime store rock

has warped your mind

Melting faces, deep set eyes

Let me turn you on

Hey baby what's your sign?

Let me turn you on 



Goes along with the territory

She wants to fuck you tonight

Please, smelling like a wino

on her knees

Please, selling you her

gothic rocket dreams

She's gonna burn you out

To make it seem

Like nobody wants anything from you

Cause you're a has-been on TV 



It's no longer a game

And under your skin

I am ready to dive in

In 



Let me turn you on

Turn you, turn you on

Yeah

Well I know, you couldn't love me

Cause you're promised to a

wealthy man

Take a look, what are you seein'?

Is that a noose or a wedding band 



Should I go to see a healer

Nervous twitchin' in my hands

Nervous twitchin' in my head 



God help me rid this feelin'

Cause I'm fallin' to pieces

And I can't get out of bed 



Beggars and hangers-on

Try to take you from me

Someone with a Bible in his pocket

Clouding everything you see

Beggars and hangers-on

They chip it away

Bury your soul in the river

Cause the end is here to stay 



God help me rid this feelin'

Cause I'm fallin' to pieces

And I can't get out of bed 



I was wrong

I don't need you

It seems reckless

And unfair

Better days

Are far behind

Guess that's another cross

I'll have to bear 



I know that there's a time

and a reason

To take the ghost and lock it up inside

And maybe I am down 

But I'm not beaten

Like anything

We were born to die 



Beggars and hangers-on

Try to take you from me

Someone with a Bible in his pocket

Clouding everything you see

Beggars and hangers-on

They chip it away

Bury your soul in the river

Cause the end is here to stay

Beggars and hangers-on

Beggars and hangers-on

No no no no

No no no no

No no no no

You told me you're an orphan

The same old standard line

Then when we moved in together

All you did was moan and cry

Talkin' like you'd make it

On life's big movie screen

I had to say I loved you

Just to try and keep the peace 



Hustler

What are you doin' with your time

I'm slow to catch on

But I think you wasted mine 



You're running low tonight

Jack up and get it right

You know you're going down

Ain't it good to be alive 



I couldn't make excuses about

everything you said

You wanna show your bruises

Let's throw a party for the band

Now here they come a dancin'

Like the powder to your nose

Why don't you cut your head off

Spite your face let's do the show 



Hustler

What are you doin' with your time

I'm slow to catch on

But I think you wasted mine

Hustler 



You're running low tonight

The station's right close by

Pack up your car and drive

Ain't it good to be alive 



Tearing at the membrane

Of the first new thing in years

Found a nagging consolation

In a glass of Everclear

And the ugly truth has raped you

They're saying you're a lousy lay

But isn't everything that way 



Ain't it good to be alive

So good to be alive

Sour, this affliction

If it was me I'd have it fixed

And with everywhere you've been

You're much too old to be so naive 



So what the hell do you want to be

Following the trends that never end

I can't stand the parties you attend

So what the hell do you want with me 



Oh, you're so underground

Oh, ain't that swell

Well the word is on the street

You're collecting sympathy and

then you hide

And ya ain't been out in days

Will the sunshine burn your face

Preserve your precious skin

I'll go out, you stay in 



What the hell do you want to be

Following the trends that never end

I can't stand the parties you attend

So what the hell do you want with me 



Please don't feed the pigeons

Out of the same sad bag of tricks

I've heard it all a million times

You make me sicker than

the wine you drink 



So if you think I need some help

Climb out of your own shell

It'll make you think 



So what the hell do you want to be

Following the trends that never end

Why is it that I can't

stand your friends

So what the hell do you want with me

What the hell do you want to be

Following fashion in the sheets

Chasing every other flavor

of the week

So what the hell do you want from me 



What do you want to be

What do you want to be

What do you want to be

What do you want from me

Looking for anyone who's somebody

What do you want from me

What do you want from me

I got this dirty politician

In my pocket full of greed

I take him out for parties

And let him do his thing

Did you see that silver T.S.

Showing off his new glam, man

Then he pushed his platform boots

Through his bitch's velvet pants 



I'm gonna, wanna get it

I'm gonna, wanna spank it

I'm gonna wanna spend it

Faster than you can

I'm gonna, wanna get it

I'm gonna, wanna spank it

I'm gonna, wanna spend it

Faster than you can 



Smash, fast, smash

Let the monkey do his thing

Smash, fast, smash

Let the monkey do his thing 



What you gonna do

When you got everything you want

Someone's gonna tell you

Everything you want is wrong 



I'm gonna, wanna get it

I'm gonna, wanna spank it

I'm gonna wanna spend it

Faster than you can

I'm gonna, wanna get it

I'm gonna, wanna spank it

I'm gonna, wanna spend it

Faster than you can 



Smash, fast, smash

Let the monkey do his thing

Smash, fast, smash

Let the monkey do his thing 



Gonna, wanna buy it

Gonna, wanna try it

Why you wanna fake it

Cause you know you can 



Chorus 



Smash, fast, smash

Let the monkey do his thing

Smash, fast, smash

Let the monkey do his thing

Smash, fast, smash

Let the monkey do his thing

Smash, fast, smash

Let the monkey do his thing

Skinny kid flippin' out

A prissy little thing with a tan

Was an outcast in the basement

Tryin' anything he can

The skirts spit words like razor blades

To keep him off their trail

He keeps a chant of silence

For a moment in his cell 



The dirty rat is sellin' things

he can't afford

He leaves his misery to play

In the Soma City Ward

Soma City Ward 



Pieces of the son-of-a-bitch

Float around the crowd

He wears his bad intentions

like a cape or a shroud

Then he blew his mind on Drano

From his third story hotel room

Yeah he missed the pool by inches

So he won't be walkin' soon 



The dirty rat is seein' things

he can't ignore

He left is body for a day

In the Soma City Ward

Soma City Ward 



All these people in his head

Sayin' to jump out and you'll be free

Come sleep in my demon bed

Hope that you want it as bad as me 



The dirty rat is seein' things

he can't ignore

He leaves his misery to play

In the Soma City Ward

Soma City Ward

Soma City Ward

Lower than the bottom

Swallowed by the ride

Floating in the bathtub

Children play outside 



So tell me how to do it

How to do what I'm gonna do

How to take the knife

From inside of you

Baby, now you're lower too 



You looked so unhappy

Squatting in some stall

And it gets even better

When all the lights are off 



So tell me how to do it

How to do what I'm gonna do

How to keep the life inside of you

Baby, now you're lower too 



What were you really thinking

What did you need

Cause all those wounds forever bleed 



Drink me

It's a nightmare

It's the needle in your veins 



So tell me how to do it

How to do what I'm gonna do

How to keep the knife

From inside of you

Baby, now you're lower too 



Burning every memory

It's gonna eat your insides out and

throw it out on me

Struggling, heaven help you

Staring down the barrel

of your own gun

And now you're lower too

You and I

Have been playing this game

For so damn long

And I don't know why

These cards are too old

So I'm gonna fold

Bye Bye

Bye Bye

Bye Bye 



Party's over and all our friends

are gone

Was it something I said, did we have

too much fun

Guess you missed it, look around

It's never you who's to blame for

bringing everyone down 



It's never you who's to blame

For setting the stage

You want it your way 



C'mon, C'mon, C'mon

Why don't you take it away

Take it away

Come on, take it away

Take it away

Take it away

Take it away

Why don't you take it away

Take it away 



Bad rumors goin' round

Nothing said from my mouth

Why would you think

It's you

It's hitting too close to home now 



Is it me or you

Who carries the weight

To deal with your pain

And don't you hate it too

It smothers and drains all the same 



C'mon, Take it away

Take it away

Why don't you take it away

Take it away

Why don't you take it away

Take it away

C'mon, Take it away

Take it away

Take it away 



Chorus 



You and I

Have been doin' the time

For all of your crimes

And I don't know why

It don't make sense

It seems such a waste of time

Bye Bye

Bye Bye

Bye Bye 



Chorus

Come on down to our house

All the neighbors are away

We're invitin' everyone

We got take out and everything

The local P.D.'s been around

That's one right over there

And the chick that's sittin' on his face

Is glad that he is here 



There isn't a time frame

Been doing it all week long

So come on by babe

And bring your friends along 



Don't know what you're missing

Having a hell of a time

Don't know what we're doin'

But I think we're doin' fine 



We got a band playin', the singer's

really fat

The cat is in the dryer

Who's the asshole who did that

Someone's in the backroom,

I think they're gettin' high

If they don't unlock the bathroom

I'll just have to go outside 



Got no worries

Movin' right along

And what a great night, babe

To do what you think is wrong 



Don't know what you're missing

Having a hell of a time

Don't know what we're doin'

But I think we're doin' fine

Nobody's leavin'

Cause we're all too drunk to drive

Three days later we're still here

And I think we're doin' fine 



Don't know what you're missing

Having a hell of a time

Don't know what we're doin'

But I think we're doin' fine

Nobody's leavin'

Cause we're all too drunk to drive

Three days later, we're still here

And I know we're doing fine

Me and a friend decided

To leave our lives behind

Wife, child, credit cards

Get in the car, good-bye

Got some stuff packed in the trunk

Pulled the plunger and closed our eyes

Whatever lane, left or right

It'll be the trip of our lives 



Be the ball - Life is one big arcade

Be the ball - The aim is to be the game

Be the ball - The next four minutes are

a total surprise

Be the ball - Hell-bent, damn,

we love to drive 



Through the pits and valleys,

Through the tunnels in the maze

We don't know where we're going

But we got the Stones cranked

As fast as the orbit takes us

Is just how fast we'll play

Around the bumpers and

down the drain

We're so out there, we feel no pain 



Be the ball - Don't you try to set

your sights

Be the ball - You'll never get it right

Be the ball - Gonna see the 

world tonight

Be the ball - Hell-bent, damn, we love

to drive 



We love to drive 



Drive 



Be the ball - The last four minutes

were quite a ride

Be the ball - It's too late to change

our minds

Seen it all - We are amazingly high

Be the ball - Hell-bent, damnit, we

love to drive

They filled me full of promises

Till it burned the roof of my mouth

I thought these jokers were my friends

Until they sold me out

Speed freaks at my door

It's all the same to me

Everybody's barkin' up

the same ol' tree 



I hate everybody but you

And it won't get better soon

You rub me all the right ways baby

You'll probably screw me too 



When you were told you're too old

To strip to pay the bills

You moved in with your loser friends

So you could take designer pills

Take it how you want it

Scream that you were framed

Cause you beat

My sister's looks and all

But the sex is just the same 



I hate everybody but you

And it won't get better soon

You rub me all the right ways baby

You'll probably screw me too 



Give it up, you still want more

I'll fight you to the end,

you still want more

I put my heavy faith

Into a karma sucker's safe

Give it up

Give it up 



I hate everybody but you

Seems no matter what I do

I can't help feelin' paranoid

Of what's in it for you 



I hate everybody but you

But I got no one else to turn to

If I end up getting screwed

I might as well get screwed by you

Now you've slipped away

And found a place to stay

Who do I congratulate

But I'm happy for you

Where are you today

I sense that you're afraid

And I don't know what to do 



I miss you, but what does it change

This confusion feels the same

Forget you and let you leave

But I'm still thinkin' it through

it's been the conflict between us

That's kept me from sinking before

You drove me crazy and I let you

Come do it some more

Put the past to bed,

we've done it before 



Now we're back and forth again

Can we help this pointless thing

Swingin' like a hinge

To the place we always meet 



There's nothing to say

Except loneliness is strange

Cause you wear the face

That I never can leave

And I know you're gonna call

Cause you know just where I'll be

Once you come and find me here

I'll be happy for me

So happy to be

Not alone anymore

We've done it before 



Now we're back and forth again

Can we help this pointless thing

Swingin' like a hinge

To the place we always meet 



It's such a shame how little things

Can change your minds

Don't just sit there filing your nails

And passing the time

I can't let you bottle it up

And take it too far

Carrying all of that weight

Is the hardest part 



Now we're back and forth again

Can we help this pointless thing

Swingin' like a hinge

To the place we always meet

Back and forth again

Back and forth again

Back and forth again

Back and forth again