i go for drinks with the thieves on these streets they take what they want then they let me free i used to be a well respected man from new york city to san fran i write about the visions i see while you do penance for the lord down on your knees that stuff is going to kill you but probably won t tonight so i sit back and you get high i play the guitar and you sing your songs to me 7 hours awake and 17 asleep used to be a confidant girl before i came into your world i write about the visions i see while you do penance for the lord down on your knees that stuff is going to kill you but probably won t tonight so i sit back and you get high i go for drinks with the thieves on these streets they take what they want then they let me free i used to be a well respected man from new york city to san fran i write about the visions i see while you do penance for the lord down on your knees that stuff is going to kill you but probably won t tonight so i sit back and you get high i play the guitar and you sing your songs to me 7 hours awake and 17 asleep used to be a confidant girl before i came into your world i write about the visions i see while you do penance for the lord down on your knees that stuff is going to kill you but probably won t tonight so i sit back and you get high camouflaged by pretty faces dying cells and flooding basements no one really knows where we are so lets make a run for it swim back up to the surface i m terrified of leaving you alone i write about the visions i see while you do penance for the lord down on your knees that stuff is going to kill you but probably won t tonight so i sit back and you get high that stuff is going to kill you but probably won t tonight so i sit back and you get high by pretty faces dying cells and flooding basements no one really knows where we are so lets make a run for it swim back up to the surface i m terrified of leaving you alone i write about the visions i see while you do penance for the lord down on your knees that stuff is going to kill you but probably won t tonight so i sit back and you get high that stuff is going to kill you but probably won t tonight so i sit back and you get high