it s getting late and something is waiting in the city tonight this place is crazy and it makes me wanna fuck up my mind i like the lights the trippy lights and all the pornographic stores i light this thing as they complain about the junkies and the whores when i was young i dreamed i d come here and i guess i did survive the scum and i d become someone but never did these village slums i let become my life i guess i did i m just a bum pathetic scum that s just the way i live this is the life you want the life no it s getting late and guess who s playing in the city tonight this place is amazing and it makes me wanna fucking get high i love the way the buildings sway and all the garbage on the streets the sounds of trains and sirens make lovely music while i sleep i m going farther than i ever thought far could be by 21 i had a gun and ditched authority at 22 i never knew the sights i would see at 24 i made the score that killed that part of me this is the life you want the life no