I saw you standing down on the 101
Holding out your sign
Saying if you want me you'll be mine
Even when I'm gone
You'll still hear my lonely song and you'll want me back
I swear I saw you fold on the 505
Kicking in the trunk of some lame Dodge Dart looking piece of junk
And with dreadful clarity
Saw you climb in next to me
And I want my life back
I tried living as a box car gypsy
I tried sleeping in the dirt
I tried walking with a long leg woman
I wasted lifetimes, both blessed and cursed
I tried living with the low rent crazies
I tried dealing with the worst
I tried dancing for the lost and lonesome
They start drinking somebody gets hurt
I wrote the prayer-book chapter and verse
I tried to get back in touch on the 213 number you both gave
To every primped up, nasty, hildalgo-knave
And with perfect symmetry
You could sing blood harmony
And bring the desert back
I tried living as a box car gypsy
I tried sleeping in the dirt
I tried walking with a New York woman
I wasted lifetimes, both blessed and cursed
I tried living with the low rent crazies
I tried dealing with the worst
I tried dancing for the lost and lonesome
They start drinking somebody gets hurt
I wrote the prayer-book chapter and verse
And I tried living as a box car gypsy
I tried sleeping in the dirt
I tried walking with a long leg woman
I wasted lifetimes, both blessed and cursed
I tried living with the low rent crazies
I tried dealing with the worst
I tried dancing for the lost and lonesome
They start drinking somebody gets hurt
I wrote the prayer-book
Chapter and I tried living as a box car gypsy
I tried sleeping in the dirt
I tried walking with a long leg woman
I wasted lifetimes, both blessed and cursed
I tried living with the low rent crazies
I tried dealing with the worst
I tried dancing for the lost and lonesome
They start drinking somebody gets hurt
I wrote the prayer-book
Chapter and I tried living as a box car gypsy
I tried sleeping in the dirt
I tried walking with a long leg woman
I wasted lifetimes, both blessed and cursed
I tried living with the low rent crazies
I tried dealing with the worst
I tried dancing for the lost and lonesome
They start drinking somebody gets hurt
I wrote the prayer-book
Chapter and I tried living as a box car gypsy
I tried sleeping in the dirt
I tried walking with a long leg woman
I wasted lifetimes, both blessed and cursed
I tried living with the low rent crazies
I tried dealing with the worst
I tried dancing for the lost and lonesome
They start drinking somebody gets hurt
I wrote the prayer-book
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