Waking to a life I don't want to live
Stealing what I need to get what you give
Every day's the same when you're working a grift
Everyone's a sucker when they give you a gift
I gotta get moving if I'm gonna get well
The tar and the spoon and the spike and the belt
First try I'm good it's the best the that I've felt
I'm scraping the bottom I hope they can't tell
I hope they can't tell
I hope they can't tell
I can run but there's nowhere to go
I can run but there's nowhere to go
I'm crawling out of my skin next stop Pershing Square
Up to street level officer here's my fare
Down 6th and Pedro while the good people stare
Outside the mission at midnight where they're hawking their wares
I've got a bad feeling but my judgment's impaired
They say the block is hot but I don't fucking care
A night being sick that's a night I can't bear
Make the hand off with a wink and a prayer
A wink and a prayer
A wink and a prayer
A wink and a prayer
They promise I'll die but they never say when
Another cruel joke without any end
I'm trying and trying as hard as I can
But no matter what I still wake up again
Not again
Not again
I can run but there's nowhere to go
I can run but there's nowhere to go
Not again
Not again
I can run but there's nowhere to go
I can run but there's nowhere to go
I've got nowhere left to fucking go
This life on the bottom is not what I chose
I'm better off dead and everybody one knows
I'm sick and I'm desperate and sad and morose
Just hoping that this last shot will be my fatal dose
I'll spend my whole day chasing relief
I'll reduce myself to a whore and a thief
My loved ones all beg me but I'll never leave
I'll keep grinding this out and leave them to grieve
This life on the bottom is not what I chose
I'm better off dead and everyone one knows
I'm sick and I'm desperate and sad and morose
Just hoping this last shot will be my fatal dose
Not again
Not again
I can run but there's nowhere to go
I can run but there's nowhere to go
Not again
Not again
I can run but there's nowhere to go
I can run but there's nowhere to go