Inconsolable Man

The city's burning with desire
High-heeled chicks turnin' tricks in a trance
Pin-stripe zombies on fire
Sayin' hey baby, here's a dime for a dance
(out on the street)
I see innocent faces in the rain
(out on the street)
I see make-up runnin' down from tears of pain
Down the drain

Shame
Now mama tell it like it is
It's a shame
For what papa did
It's a shame
Your sister should've told you so
It's a shame
'cause nobody wants to know

The neon moon turns red around midnight
Junior junkies and runaway girls
Blue eyed babies posing in the headlights
Another stray cat in a dog eat dog world
(out on the street)
Ain't no room for no cheap talkin' prayer
(out on the street)
You don't know what it's like 'till you're there
And you're runnin' scared

Shame
Now mama tell it like it is
It's a shame
The way papa hurt his kid
It's a shame
Your sister should've told you so
It's a shame
C'mon man let her go

So young
Yet so old
So hard to find a friend
She lives from lover to lover
'till there's nothing left of her
Yeah sweet daddy scores again

Shame
Now mama tell it like it is
It's a shame
The way papa hurt his kid
It's a shame
Your sister should've told you so
It's a shame
C'mon man let her go

The world should've let you know
C'mon man let her go
Shame on the school
Shame on the teacher
Shame on those sticky little fingers all over that helpless creature
Shame on the parish
Shame on the preacher
From where he stands that man don't have half a chance to reach her
Shame shame shame
On me and you
Shame shame shame
Now what are we goin' to do

Blow east wind blow
Blow as you may
Wish i had the power
To take your breath away
This life is golden
But it's only deep as the skin
Feelin' much colder
Though i'm standin' in the warm desert wind

Gotta leave this town
Else i'll go crazy if i stay
If i see one more sunset on l.a.

I'll miss you blue sky
But not so much
Too much of a good thing
Keeps this old soul out of touch
Sometimes you're empty
Though your dreams they all seem fulfilled
You're cool on the outside
Though the real you is slowly being killed

Gotta leave this town
Else i'll go crazy if i stay
If i see one more sunset on l.a.
Left a girl lyin' 'neath an old willow tree
At times i think she'll still be waitin' there for me

Gotta leave this town
But it's always one day away
Just saw one more sunset on l.a.

Gotta leave this town
Else i'll go crazy if i stay
If i see one more sunset on l.a.

One more sunset on l.a.
Don't want to see
One more sunset on l.a.
Baby wait for me

Sound the trumpets for the princess and her fool
A joke, a jester just to make her smile
Silver bells on his hat and on his pointed shoes
Tears rolling down his cheeks
As he dances in the aisles

Watch the little funny man stand on his head
Watch the silly minstral with his empty arms spread
His life hanging by a thread

The joker's wild
Can't you see by his eyes
The joker's wild
Can't you see through his disguise
The joker's wild about you

Watch him juggle on one foot
Maybe a riddle for a damsel in distress
He's just a clown in a court of thieves
Who conspire for a kiss
It's off with his head dare he show his loneliness

Watch the little funny man walk on his hands
See the little princess laugh as hard as she can
Her every wish is his command

The joker's wild
Can't you see by his eyes
The joker's wild
Can't you see through his disguise
The joker's wild about you

Watch the little funny man stand on his head
Watch the silly minstral with his empty arms spread
His life hanging by a thread

The joker's wild
Can't you see by his eyes
The joker's wild
Can't you see through his disguise
The joker's wild about you

These days i'm looking like a pitiful sight
Got a suicide smile on my face every night
I walk alone
Talk to myself
Shout angry words up to the sky
People stop and stare
Like i'm out of my head
But what do they know
About the tears that i cry
And i cry yes i cry and that's why

Oooh oooh i'm an inconsolable man
Oooh oooh since she's gone away that's what i am
Oooh oooh i'm an inconsolable man
Nobody understands
An inconsolable man

I stop into a church and i waste another prayer
Well if there's someone listen' to me
No one's talkin' up there
So i walk down a street
Where lonely men sleep
With what money can buy
I tell myself that life ain't over just yet
I can learn to forget if only i try
And i try and i try but it's a lie

Oooh oooh i'm an inconsolable man
Oooh oooh since she's gone away that's what i am
Oooh oooh i'm an inconsolable man
Nobody understands
An inconsolable man

Nobody
Nobody
Nobody understands
And inconsolable man

Oooh oooh i'm an inconsolable man
Oooh oooh since she's gone away that's what i am
Oooh oooh i'm an inconsolable man
Nobody understands
An inconsolable man

All the ghosts in the schoolyard
Young rebels with no dreams
Dying of old age
At seventeen
Some blame their mothers
For this unforgiving world
Others point the finger
At the flag the wind unfurls
But i say

You are the lock you are the key
You are the master of your destiny
The devil's the dude who sells poison for pay
Don't give the devil the time of day
Don't you give him the room or and inch to play
Don't give the devil the time of day
Don't give the devil the time of day

There's a face in the mirror
You don't recognize
So you shatter the lights
'cause they sting your bloodshot eyes
You walk on with a stranger
Who rolls your soul up in his wad
You place your trust in him
Like you once placed it in god
Well i say

You are the lock you are the key
You are the master of your destiny
The devil's the dude who sells poison for pay
Don't give the devil the time of day
Don't you give him the room or and inch to play
Don't give the devil the time of day
Don't give the devil the time of day

Caught between the cyclone fence and a red brick wall
Yeah, you melt like chocolate in the sun
Then you see your angel walking with his high-tops on
And he hands you heaven hotter than a loaded gun

(the time of day)
Don't you give him
(the time of day)
Don't you give him
(the time of day)

You are the lock you are the key
You are the master of your destiny
The devil's the dude who sells poison for pay
Don't give the devil the time of day
Don't you give him the room or and inch to play
Don't give the devil the time of day
Don't give the devil the time of day

All the ghosts in the schoolyard
Young rebels with no dreams
Dying of old age
At seventeen
Well i say

You are the lock you are the key
You are the master of your destiny
The devil's the dude who sells poison for pay
Don't give the devil the time of day
Don't you give him the room or and inch to play
Don't give the devil the time of day
Don't give the devil the time of day