It wasn't me, I wasn't there I was just watching from over here And besides, I couldn't afford the bus fare In Hollywood and Washington They shake and smile through the harm they've done But it's your little red wagon and you gotta pull it It'll take a lifetime to clear your name Under the bridges of fame, it's always nighttime It wasn't me, I wasn't there I was stone drunk, it isn't clear And it doesn't count, 'cause I don't care The years transform my memories Of all the countless decades of grief It was cut and run in '91 Put yourselves in a straightjacket But when you're pleading Saying it's no cheaper than humiliation That's free, that's free, that's free ♪ I've gone and quit my worshipping Of the false gods and golden sins 'Cause we've made love in the Tower of Babel And it fell down It wasn't me, I wasn't there That was not my love affair That is not my lover, that's not even my friend It wasn't me, I wasn't there I was stone drunk, it isn't clear And it doesn't count 'cause I don't care But I use a pop song to clear my name Under the bridges of fame, it's always nighttime I'll end with a closer, and say goodnight