Well I got into waikiki And I spend my time up in the hotel room No sunburn for me No friends no family Yes I see the view Well I think I seen it somewhere
Why don't you be good for something And draw down the shade? On a sign that sat up all night shivering On a sign that sat up all night afraid Well now
It was a long hot summer day We're in the living room watching the light drain away Hey you're too tired to read what your cards foretold inside of a
Once was a woman with a silver voice Said she was accustomed to my face But I could tell she'd never love anyone And wanted to run away because I could
The world hides like a smile behind your hand I became hard and cold, your smile became quicksand I don't know what city I'm dailing your number from
There's an elephant hunter And I'm still alone on the city pier Casting my lines as they come rollin' in off the bay She said, 'come down, take me down
Well you don't want me to touch you You just want me to shut up You don't want me to think what I'm thinking Or the devil in my throat to come up And
I remember, how I let you down Everything you say reminds me of the pain How you lost your dignity Passing in and out of a dream Is there some secret
I thought there was more life than finishing a dream I thought gravity helped you to dance But it just makes you sink I stand in the way of people who
Laughing stock proves that the world is made of rock That some grow happily on, but that's hard for some You and your friend and All the rest of god's
You wonder what you want from me Never mind You wonder why I say the things I do Never mind You wonder would I waste my time Looking for and never find
C'mon let's waste another thousand years Sitting around your kitchen table We'll turn the brandy into beer Later they'll say, "what a miracle."
The hospital wouldn't admit you So we go home again Right back to the same old room Right back to the same old thing But you know you're just another
Did you see me in your shifting curtain I was busy taking a furtive peek inside At the lovely lights of your unprotected city At your lovely freeways
You saw my face fall Into a well-worn groove A child starts playing a role And ends up type-cast in every movie I took cold comfort in your touch And
Some of them are kind and it's phony Some of them are kind and it's okay Generous but where's the charity To lose or give away Some of them smile and
Time for me to go away I'll get a new name, I'll get a new face Time for me to go away No I don't belong in this place But I'm not gonna ask you why
Where are all your brothers and sisters? 'cause I hope they're not all like you Where are all your brothers and sisters? 'cause I get so lonely when