Domino, tunnel vision, she'll go tumbling At 21, he can sense her naivety It's always how it goes His apartment: a mattress and tattered sheets Cigarette bu*ts, quarters for the laundry Yeah, he--yeah he'll say anything And she--yeah she'll do anything She's just 17, she's just 17, she'll do anything She's just 17, she's just 17 She cries, "I'll wait!...but how long can it take!?" He says, "please stay!...sorry, sorry" It's always how it goes '86, Main & 5th, sunny Van City
Days and nights with Mary--never with Jimmy She cries, "I'll wait!...but how long can it take!?" He says, "please stay!...sorry, sorry" He stays out late. Excuses: all he makes She cries, "I'll wait!" She cries, "I'll wait!" It's always how it goes He goes out, tunnel vision To the liquid scene 4 am, empty bottles And some pocket change He says, "I don't wanna, I don't wanna go." She's not tumbling, she's not tumbling down I said she's not tumbling, she's not tumbling down