josie took a cab out of town and then she turned it around she said they ll never let me leave this place she gave the cabbie her money and said don t look down he didn t have a clue what she was talkin about all the locals know her as jo she drinks manhattans and wears gentlemen s clothes she likes to get high when she s low and break the hearts of boys for the fun of it all josie rides closely to the line she s high and she s tryin to survive born with a little bit of trouble in her eyes josie rides closely to the line go josie go go josie go johnnie cut a deal for an album that he never put out he s got a place and a bed for when he s coming down josie sees something that he don t see in himself and now she looks the other way when he s fucking around all the locals say they don t know why she lives so fast and she moves so slow josie rides closely to the line she s high and she s tryin to survive born with a little bit of trouble in her eyes josie rides closely to the line go josie go it s okay don t change just throw it all away it s okay don t change just throw it all away go josie go go josie go just throw it all away it s okay don t change go josie go  all the locals know her as jo she drinks manhattans and wears gentlemen s clothes she likes to get high when she s low and break the hearts of boys for the fun of it all josie rides closely to the line she s high and she s tryin to survive born with a little bit of trouble in her eyes josie rides closely to the line go josie go josie rides closely to the line she s high and she s tryin to survive go josie go