the sun came up with no conclusion flowers sleeping in their beds this city s cemetery s humming im wide awake its morning i have my drugs i have my woman they keep away my loneliness my parents they have their religion but sleep in separate houses i read the body count out of the paper and now its written all over my face no one ever plans to sleep out in the gutter sometimes thats just the most comfortable place so im drinking breathing writing singing everyday i m on the clock my mind races with all my longings but can t keep up with what i got i hope i dont sound too ungrateful what history gave modern man a telephone to talk to strangers machine guns and a camera lens so when youre asked to fight a war thats over nothing its best to join the side thats gonna win and no ones sure how all of this got started but were gonna make them goddam certain how its gonna end oh yeah we will oh yeah we will well i could have been a famous singer if i had someone elses voice but failures always sounded better lets fuck it up boys make some noise  the sun came up with no conclusion flowers sleeping in their beds this city s cemetery s humming im wide awake its morning11