Oh, I got troubles, oh, oh
I got worries, oh, oh
I got wounds to bind
Well a hard headed woman,
a soft hearted man
been the cause of trouble
ever since the world began.
Our whole universe was in a hot, dense state
Then nearly fourteen billion years ago expansion started, wait
The earth began to cool, the autotrophs began to drool
Neanderthals developed tools
We built a wall (we built the pyramids)
Math, science, history, unraveling the mysteries
That all started with the big bang! Hey!
Don’t know much about history,
Don’t know much biology,
Don’t know much about a science book,
Don’t know much about the French I took,
But I do know that I love you,
And I know that if you love me, too,
What a wonderful world this would be.
But then my homework was never quite like this
Ow got it bad, got it bad, got it bad,
I’m hot for teacher
Schools out for Summer!
Well I did not think the girl
Could be so cruel
And I’m never going back
To my old school
You know I can be found,
Sitting home all alone,
If you can’t come around,
At least please telephone.
Don’t be cruel to a heart that’s true
I’ve got heartache in my pocket,
I got echoes in my head,
And all that I keep hearing are the cruel, cruel things that you said…
I’m a thousand miles from nowhere
Time don’t matter to me
You’re a thousand miles away,
But I still have your love to remember you by,
Oh, my darling dry your eyes,
Daddy’s coming home soon.
But I would walk 500 miles
And I would walk 500 more
Just to be the man who walks a thousand miles
To fall down at your door
Daddy, don’t you walk so fast
Daddy, don’t you walk so fast
Daddy, slow down some ‘cause you’re makin’ me run
Daddy, don’t you walk so fast
I will be your father figure
Put your tiny hand in mine
I will be your preacher teacher
Anything you have in mind
I will be your father figure
I have had enough of crime
I will be the one who loves you
'Til the end of time
Then the teacher told me
It had been a lot of fun
Thanked me for his ticket
And all that I had done
She’s got a ticket to ride,
And she don’t care.
Gimme a ticket for an airplane
Ain’t got time to take a fast train
Lonely days are gone, I’m a-goin’ home
My baby, just-a wrote me a letter
'Cause I’ve got a golden ticket
I’ve got a golden twinkle in my eye
Silver threads and golden needles…
I’ve seen the needle and the damage done
A little part of it in everyone
But every junkie’s like a settin’ sun.
You say it was this morning when you last saw your good friend
Lyin’ on the pavement with a misery on his brain
Stoned on some new potion he found upon the wall
Of some unholy bathroom in some ungodly hall