i know that it's bad,
that it's the kind that they can't operate on.
and i know it's real slow, honey
painful and real slow;
styrofoam coffee cups
and bagged drugs that never work enough.
and i know it's real slow, honey
painful and real slow.
when we were young
and hit like hammers,
i'd write the nails in your hands;
but when ninety-nine percent of us is failure,
there's no going back.
and i know it's real slow, honey
painful and real slow.
blackbird come the break of dawn,
the tv's on, i turn it off,
walk outside, get in the car,
stare at the wheel then fall apart.
i get it all the time,
bright eyes to bat and hide behin