It wasn't me, I wasn't there I was just watching from over here And besides, I couldn't afford the bus fare In Hollywood and Washington They shake and smile through the harm they've done But it's your little red wagon And you've got to pull it It'll take a lifetime to clear your name Under the bridges of fame it's always nighttime
It wasn't me, I wasn't there I was stone drunk, it isn't clear And it doesn't count because I don't care The years transform my memories Of all the countless decades of grief It was cut and run in '91 Put yourselves in a straightjacket But when you plead insane It's no cheaper than humiliation That's free
I've gone and quit my worshipping Of the false gods and golden sins Because we made love in the tower of Babel And it fell down It wasn't me, I wasn't there That was not my love affair That is not my lover, that's not even my friend It wasn't me, I wasn't there I was stone drunk, it isn't clear And it doesn't count, because I don't care
But I use a pop song to clear my name Under the bridges of fame it's always nighttime I'll end with a closer and say goodnight