Saturday night we went downtown But i beat it back home, I couldn't take no more I heard the voice of the street through the window And it sang me to sleep on the bathroom floor 'Cause my bed is an open grave tonight It gives no rest, just cold eyes open And back out to the clouds and rain I can feel my face growing paler by the day There's a fire in the basement, so help me girl 'Cause I want you now more than anything else They came in brave and just put it out And i realized that I could go any time But oh my baby blue, I don't care 'Cause i've been gone so long Out getting high on the back porch I sing to the empties and cigarette butts And I know that the song is about you And I'd sing to your face, but I've got no guts And the mice are an angel choir tonight They squeak right in on the hallelujah I'll clear my head and close my eyes And I'll get up late and I'll give up hope in the end.