Outside, the dogs are barking
Barking at me
And all the cars are parking
Down on the street
My window blinds are closed
It's getting dark in my apartment
But I won't turn the lights on, because I don't care to see
Now the telephone is ringing
Ringing for me
And the next door neighbor's singing
Singing "Born Free"
I'm sitting on the floor
And now I think I hear the doorbell
But I'm not going to get it, because I don't want company
Now the TV set is blinking
It's on the blink
And the garbage started stinking
Or is it me?
My head is dripping sweat but I don't think I'll turn the heat down
Because I don't have the time to, and I've had too much to drink.
Now the record player's skipping
Right over me
The next door neighbor's tripping
On LSD
His world is getting funny, it is slipping on bananas
And mine is just like his but it's already lost its feet
My girlfriend went away
Because I sent her
She took the clothes I gave her
And the money that I lent her
She was bent on making me just as make-believe as she was
Because the real world is Exit Only, she can never enter.
So I plug my nose and close my eyes and stuff my ears with cotton
And I'll stick my head beneath the kitchen sink until I've forgotten
And the food in my refrigerator can all go rotten
I'm not eating, I'm not anything, until she gives up on me
And the space inside my head will be the world that I live in
Because she just kept forgetting, I just kept forgiving
And if I break down, it's because she was driven
I'm not eating, I'm not anything, until she gives up on me