Landmine has taken my sight
Taken my speech
Taken my hearing
Taken my arms
Taken my legs
Taken my soul
Left me with life in hell
…it’s all illusion, anyway.
It’s too bad that all these things only happen in my dreams.
Every second of the night I live another life.
I’m not the man they think I am at home
Oh no,
I’m a rocket man
Sometimes I imagine myself as a drifter,
Seeker of fortunes, connoisseur of great wines.
I’m a joker, I’m a smoker, I’m a midnight toker
I get my loving on the run
He’s a walking contradiction
Partly truth and partly fiction
Taking every wrong direction
On his lonely way back home.
Lonely days turn to lonely nights, you take a trip to the city lights
And take the long way home, take the long way home
I got my home in my hand, traveling across the land,
Trying to earn a living, giving everything I can.
Trying to make a living and doing the best I can.
When it’s time for leaving, I hope you’ll understand
That I was born a rambling man.
Said no to him again and again. First he took my heart then he ran.
See the girl who’s collecting broken hearts for souvenirs.
Work so hard I can’t unwind, get some money saved;
Abuse my love a thousand times, however hard I tried.
Heartbreaker, your time has come, can’t take your evil ways;
Go away, Heartbreaker.
I used to love her, but I had to kill her. She bitched so much, she drove me nuts! And now I’m happier this way!
First time I shot her
I shot her in the side
It was hard to watch her suffer
But with the second shot she died
I shot the sheriff
But I did not shoot the deputy
I fought the law, and the law won.
Most of my time I spend behind these county bars.
Most of the time
I’m clear-focused all around
Most of the time
I can keep both feet on the ground