Sold My Soul

Well, somebody found it somewhere

At an old flea market fair

With no number on the tag

Let it go for half a dollar

Well, they didn't even bother

To wrap it up inside a bag

I was drinkin' gasoline

In a half price limousine

Watchin' TV in the back

When much to my surprise

When I hit channel 5

Nearly had a heart attack

I sold my soul somewhere so long ago

Oh, I didn't think too much at the time

I was young and I didn't know

Oh, till I saw it late one night

On the Antique Road Show

Expert collectors to appraise

Well, the trip that I was on

Like a re-run marathon

Of blue days and black nights

Where the Marlboro angels play

For the men like birds of prey

'Neath the masthead burnin' bright

I saw it on display

Like imitation Faberge

Ogled by the mid-life herds

Yeah, the signal came on through

Like a bad dream come true

Leaves you at a loss for words

I sold my soul somewhere so long ago

Oh, I didn't think too much at the time

I was young and I didn't know

Oh, till I saw it late one night

On the Antique Road Show

Like lookin' into my own grave, well

Now I'm commercial grade

Fit for the Wall Street trade

Swimmin' with the price of gold

Commemoration baseball cards

Courtesy of Scotland Yard

Dug up from the days of old

Ring mottled cathedral glass

Hand-written Leaves of Grass

Certified and guaranteed

Well, they're throwin' it all away

I may get it back someday

They just can never see

What it could mean to me

I sold my soul somewhere so long ago

Oh, I didn't think too much at the time

I was young and I didn't know

Oh, till I saw it late one night

On the Antique Road Show

Oh, just to see what I can raise, well

So what's it gonna be?

You want a piece of me?

Could it help to ease the pain?

Can you tell me so?

'Cause I'd like to know

If you have been entertained

By a funeral song

For even half as long

As your attention span allows

Can you tell me so?

'Cause I'd like to know

If you have been entertained