it s been ten long years since i ve been home i ve been waiting here with nowhere to go it s an occupation i don t like but it pays the rent and turns on the light i told you so it has to be cut loose and runaway with me we ll go out every night i ll be there by your side and we ll all get high down the old west side if it ain t the job and it ain t the place but i must stay for your pretty face it s a bad reaction i can t fix you conned me with those feline tricks and i told you so it s a crazy world for a mixed up guy and a no good girl and i told you so it s a crazy world for a mixed up guy with a no good girl i told you so it has to be cut loose and run away with me we ll go out every night i ll be there by your side and we ll all get high down the old west side down the old west side down the old west side down the old west side 