The strip malls can really bring you down Where will I go and pick my poison? She said I gave her the runaround Time is pulling me out of the here-and-now Lauren's in the garden I'm in the bed Thinking about the things she said It's not helping It's not helping It's not helping The club bars can really gin you up Hendricks or Tanqueray I'll pick my poison Back in the van to the Super 8 when we had enough Time's got me swimming in it Lauren's in the garden I'm in the bed Thinking about the things she said Not helping Not helping It's not helping All the runaways in my mind Seemed to run away at the very same time And it's not helping Not helping It's not helping Helping Lauren's in the garden I'm in the bed Thinking about the things she said It's not helping It's not helping It's not helping It's not Lauren in the garden It's not me in the bed Thinking about the things she said It's not helping It's not helping It's not helping