My baby's on borrowed time She's got two train tickets to the bottom line My baby ain't doing fine She's got real bad feelings running down her spine She's got a Compartmentalized state of mind She's got two middle fingers for the uninclined She ought to listen to the jaws of fate She's got a Bone to pick with the head of state So many questions stay unanswered in my mind Goodness and beauty ain't getting easier to find I stopped to smell the roses and I lost my place in line I fill the holes with sleeping pills and cyanide Like I'm living in a nightmare Oh, the mutilation never ends Is anybody out there? Tell me that there's time to make amends Got my eyes shut tight and my nostrils wide I'm taking in the vibes Gonna play both sides, gonna turn those tides I'm raking in the highs My baby's chalk full of life She's got red hot sedition pouring down her knife You know? Sweet dreams and gasoline Carve through her self-esteem I got symptoms alphabetical and Grievances epheremal and Secrets hypothetical to spare I invest in the heretical and Prejudice identical and All the theoretical affairs So many questions stay unanswered in my mind Goodness and beauty ain't getting easier to find I stopped to smell the roses and I lost my place in line I fill the holes with sleeping pills and cyanide Like I'm living in a nightmare Pure imagination never ends Is anybody out there? Tell me where the angels play pretend Got my eyes shut tight and my nostrils wide I'm taking in the vibes Gonna play both sides, gonna turn those tides I'm raking in the highs Go on, do it again Go on, do it again Go on, do it again Go on, do it again Go on, do it again Don't do it again Don't do it again Don't do it again Don't do it again Don't do it again Don't do it again Don't do it again Don't do it again Like I'm living in a nightmare (living in a nightmare) Pure imagination never ends Is anybody out there? Tell me where the angels play pretend (don't do it again) Got my eyes shut tight and my nostrils wide I'm taking in the vibes (don't do it again) Gonna play both sides, gonna turn those tides I'm raking in the highs