Crackheads on the corner by the liquor store My hands are shaking and my body's sore Cops crawl by, look me in the eye The sun beats down from the pale blue sky I got all these scenes going through my head The things we did and the things we said I closed that door, threw away the key Now it's just another faded memory
All my friends have gone away On this cold and empty day And I've got nothing left to say 'Cos I've been down Yeah, I've been down
Sitting in a room with the motel blues Watching all the killing on the late-night news Sirens in the canyons of the cities of the night My dreams are evil and I don't feel right It seems I left home a long time ago I'm feeling disconnected and I just don't know... If life's an illusion and death is a dream Then I'm just sitting here in between
All my friends have gone away On this cold and empty day And I've got nothing left to say 'Cos I've been down Yeah, I've been down
On the corner with the junkies and the funky whores I've lived downtown, I've been there before I know the self-hate and I know the pain Don't ever want to be back there again And I don't know where it goes from here The sky's all hazy and the view's unclear So many things that I wanted to do But the plans I make keep falling through
All my friend's have gone away On this cold and empty day And I've got nothing left to say 'Cos I've been down Yeah, I've been down