Once In a Lifetime

Fifth floor Lorimer apartment above the warehouse

The Hasidic landlord checks on the rent

Neon lights shining off of the bodega

It's been weeks since I got up out of bed

I pushed her farther for nothing but the silence

Sometimes it's nice to just be alone

Up and down chipped the rock around the diamond

Sometimes it skins me down to the bone

(Once in a lifetime)

Wake the dead and dream of the angel, the sinner, the saint

(Once in a lifetime)

Dealer's got twenty-one that's Brooklyn or maybe it's fate

(Once in a lifetime)

You put the handgun down then back down and give it away

(Once in a lifetime)

Got your eyes wide open the moment that you could be saved

Blue sun rising, awake at 11:30

With a headache that's been pounding for months

Something's different a hot Indian summer

The body's waking up in the trunk

Help me, I need a voice

I need a reason, need anything but smoke in my lungs

Flush it down, watch it spin around the freedom

The bathroom floor is temple for some

(Once in a lifetime)

Wake the dead and dream of the angel, the sinner, the saint

(Once in a lifetime)

Dealer's got twenty-one that's Brooklyn or maybe it's fate

(Once in a lifetime)

You put the handgun down then back down and give it away

(Once in a lifetime)

Got your eyes wide open the moment that you could be saved

And you're walking out

(Once in a lifetime)

(Once in a lifetime)

It was hard to believe'

It's hard to believe

Once in a lifetime

That I'm down on my knees

I'm down on my knees

Well I'm down on my

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

(Once in a lifetime)

Wake the dead and dream of the angel, the sinner, the saint

(Once in a lifetime)

Dealer's got twenty-one that's Brooklyn or maybe it's fate

(Once in a lifetime)

You put the handgun down then back down and give it away

(Once in a lifetime)

Got your eyes wide open the moment that you could be saved

And you're walking out

(Once in a lifetime)

(Once in a lifetime)

(Once in a lifetime)

(Once in a lifetime)