Road to Joy

The sun came up with no conclusions, flowers sleeping in their beds
The city cemetary's humming; I'm wide awake, it's morning
I have my drugs, I have my woman; they keep away my loneliness
My parents they have their religion but sleep in seperate 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 that's just the most comfortable place

So I'm drinking, breathing, writing, singing, every day I'm on the clock
My mind races with all my longings but can't keep up with what I got
And so I hope I don't sound too ungratefull, what history gave modern man
A telephone to talk to strangers, machine guns and a camera lens

So when you're asked to fight a war that's over nothing
It's best to join the side that's gonna win
And no one's sure how all of this got started
But we're gonna make 'em goddamn certain how it's gonna end
Oh yeah we will, oh yeah we will

Well I could have been a famous singer
if I had some one else's voice
But failures always sounded better
Let's fuck it up boys, make some noise

The sun came up with no conclusions, flowers sleeping in their beds
The city cemetary's humming; I'm wide awake it's morning