my new purple shoes been amazing the people next door and my rock n roll 45 s been enraging the folks on the lower floor i got a way with the girls on my block try my best to be a real individual and when we go down to smokies and rock they line up like it s some kind of ritual oh gimme a good guitar and you can say that my hair s a disgrace or just find me an open car i ll make the speed of light out of this place i like the good things in life but most of the best things ain t free it s the same situation just cuts like a knife when you re young and you re poor and you re crazy ooh gimme a good guitar and you can say that my hair s a disgrace or just find me an open car i ll make the speed of light out of this place  dislocate your spine if you don t sign he says i ll have you seeing double mesmerize you when he s tongue tied simply with those eyes ooh synchronize your minds and see the beast within him rise it s a rip off and you re dead baby and you re mad ooh he ll eat your heart out and then a kick in the head he s taken an arm and taken a leg baby you ve been had intoxicate your brain with what i m saying if not you ll lie knee deep in trouble prostitute yourself he says castrate your human pride ooh sacrifice your leisure days let me squeeze you till you ve dried it s a rip off work my fingers to my bones i scream with pain i still make no impression seduce you with his money make machine cross collateralize reduce you to a muzak fake machine then the last goodbye and you re dead baby and you re mad he ll eat your heart out and then a kick in the head he s taken an arm taken a leg baby you ve been had i am forever searching high and low but why does everybody tell me no neptune of the seas an answer for me please this lily of the valley doesn t know i lie and wait with open eyes i carry on through stormy skies i follow every course my kingdom for a horse but each time i grow old serpent of the nile relieve me for a while and cast me from your spell let me go messenger from seven seas has flown to tell the king of rhye he s lost his throne wars will never cease is there time enough for peace this lily of the valley doesn t know2