(G. Liszt, inspired by the Cocaine Habit Blues, public domain)
Daylight in the downtown
Feels so plain
So Im going to find my gal
She deals c**aine
I buy from my baby
Its becoming a habit
Anytime you got it
Ill be coming to grab it
Im ready to get lifted into glory victorious
Believe in heaven and those storied euphorias
Give me the sinful life
Where night be the day
I want to go young
Im thinking it might be the way
Times are tough but they go on
Im down now but I wont be so long
Oh. No
Out of the gate like a stallion at a racing track
To the mountain to the valley and to space and back
Ive got a one-way ticket
And Im flying too quickly
But its tough to kick it
Its trying to trick me
Meddling in my brain
Playing a mind game
It told me that it would k** me
But it gave no timeframe
So Im back
Coming around the corner
High on c**aine
Loping and feeling no pain
Times are tough but the burden light
Times are tough but Im a bird in flight
Im coming up and around the corner high
Ive been up and Ive been down
And a guys born to die
But every time I cross that uptown boundary
Some beat cop billy clubs
Up and down pounding me
If youre going to help me be real cautious
Things I do make me feel nauseous
I wake up in the day feeling broken and bad
But theres bourbon in the bottle and the coke in the bag
Times are tough but they go on
Im down now but I wont be so long
Times are tough but the burden light
Times are tough but Im a bird in flight