Poor Boy

A truck parked this morning

Outside the grocery store

Friends face the future

They're wearin' summer clothes

Great cosmic forces, like fallin' dominoes

I love talking funny, it's the only song I know

Sweet smart and sexy

The day my life began

Burnt out and damaged

I dragged my body home

This slice is runny, it's dripping down my clothes

And flies stick to honey, it's the only game they know

Poor boy - I walk into the river in my hat and shoes

Poor boy - I'm sittin' at the table with a knife and spoon

Live fast die happy

Don't let your panties show

They trust market forces

It's the only song they know

So come and rock my soul where sin and sorry lie

White horses carry me on to the other side

Poor boy - I'm living in a country where my thoughts are cold

Poor boy - I'm waiting for the harvest of the seeds I sow

A flower in the night with thoughts of days gone

I've got to ring that bell and I'll be satisfied

Poor boy - I'm wearing silver slippers and a long white gown

Poor boy - I picture in my mind the day the walls come down

Poor Boy - I'm living in a country where I'm never free

Poor Boy - I'm writing down the names of all the things I see