a worried man with a worried mind no one in front of me and nothing behind there s a woman on my lap and she s drinking champagne got white skin got assassin s eyes i m looking up into the sapphire tinted skies i m well dressed waiting on the last train standing on the gallows with my head in a noose any minute now i m expecting all hell to break loose people are crazy and times are strange i m locked in tight i m out of range i used to care but things have changed this place ain t doing me any good i m in the wrong town i should be in hollywood just for a second there i thought i saw something move gonna take dancing lessons do the jitterbug rag ain t no shortcuts gonna dress in drag only a fool in here would think he s got anything to prove lot of water under the bridge lot of other stuff too don t get up gentlemen i m only passing through people are crazy and times are strange i m locked in tight i m out of range if the bible is right the world will explode i ve been trying to get as far away from myself as i can some things are too hot to touch the human mind can only stand so much you can t win with a losing hand feel like falling in love with the first woman i meet putting her in a wheelbarrow and wheeling her down the street people are crazy and times are strange i m locked in tight i m out of range i used to care but things have changed i hurt easy i just don t show it you can hurt someone and not even know it the next sixty seconds could be like an eternity gonna get low down gonna fly high all the truth in the world adds up to one big lie i m in love with a woman who don t even appeal to me mr jinx and miss lucy they jumped in the lake i m not that eager to make a mistake people are crazy and times are strange i m locked in tight i m out of range i used to care but things have changed