If you're tired and you're lonely
Lonelier than Sin
Who cannot find a soul tonight
Willing to dance with him
And your whipping boy is all whipped out
Still he's whipping back with force
Remember my son though things are bad
They might still get worse
So hitch your carriage to a star
Hitch your star unto a girl
Find an automobile that looks like you feel
And travel the whole damned world
Which for the moment
Is a single blade of gra**
Because America is exhausted
And this thing doesn't run on gas
But on dreams and dreams
Like other machines
Built from piss and puss and sweat
And as they say
"If you're breathing boy
You are not dead yet"
But on your way to gallows' songs
Or weak, marginal dissent
It's a day in the life of a Disney dog
Or a panda's cold footprint
No, forget that tone of dark despair
There's a world beyond yourself
Now break the blinds on your closet time
Rise up on roller-coaster stilts
Yes, see the world and God behind
Beautiful, terrible, true
When all your mistakes happened yesterday
There are only new things to do
And though she turns and laughs out loud
"Bloody symphony of fools!"
There's comfort in this guiding thought
Even she doesn't have the tools
But dreams and dreams
Like other machines
Built from piss and puss and sh**
And as they say
"If you're bleeding boy
You are not dead yet"
But here today to get the feel
For the anti-hero's grace
So fall through the floor of your evermore
Behold His beautiful face
Then with your body pocket-less
Pulsing with an angel's blood
Whatever you see or hear or think
Is just another name for love
When it's all said and done
Only one thing counts
Did you ride the bull of time with pride?
Did you make the backseat bounce?
Or if not, know this much
And fairy tales don't lie
You have a whole eternity
To learn how not to die
So dream just dream
Like the human machine
Too afraid to raise its head
And as they say
"If you're living badly
You're as good as dead"