Susan's House

Goin' over to Susan's house

Walkin' south down Baxter Street

Nothin' hidin' behind this picket fence

There's a crazy old woman smashing bottles on the sidewalk

Where her house burnt down two years ago

People say that back then, she really wasn't that crazy

Goin' over to Susan's house

Goin' over to Susan's house

I can't be alone tonight

Down by the Donut Prince, a 15-year-old boy lies on the sidewalk

With a bullet in his forehead

In a final act of indignity, the paramedics take off all his clothes

For the whole world to see while they put him in the bag

Meanwhile, an old couple argues inside the Queen Bee

The sick fluorescent light shimmering on their skin

Goin' over to Susan's house

Goin' over to Susan's house

She's gonna make it right

Take a left down Echo Park, a kid asks do I want some crack?

TV sets are spewin' Baywatch through the windows into black

Here comes a girl with long brown hair who can't be more than 17

She sucks on a red popsicle while she pushes a baby girl

In a pick carriage

And I'm thinking, that must be her sister

That must be her sister, right?

They go into the 7-Eleven and I keep walking

And I keep walking

Goin' over to Susan's house

Goin' over to Susan's house

I can't be alone tonight

Goin' over to Susan's house

Mmm, ay