Just down the street from your hotel, baby I stay at home with my disease And ain't this position familiar, darling Well, all monkeys do what they see Help me stay awake, I'm falling Down on Virginia and La Loma Where I got friends who'll care for me You got an attitude of everything I ever wanted I got an attitude of need So help me stay awake, I'm falling Asleep in perfect blue buildings Beside the green apple sea I wanna get me a little oblivion baby Try to keep myself away from me It's 4:30 A.M. on a Tuesday And it doesn't get much worse than this In beds in little rooms in buildings in the middle Of these lives which are completely meaningless Help me stay awake, I'm falling Asleep in perfect blue buildings Beside the green apple sea I wanna get me a little oblivion baby Try to keep myself away from myself and me Well I got bones beneath my skin, and mister There's a skeleton in every man's house Beneath the dust and love and sweat that hangs on everybody There's a dead man trying to get out So please help me stay awake, I'm falling Asleep in perfect blue buildings Beside the green apple sea I wanna get me a little oblivion baby Try to keep myself away from me Perfect blue buildings, oh Beside the green apple sea I wanna get me a little oblivion baby Try to keep myself away from myself and me Oh, in the perfect blue buildings I can't keep myself away from me Oh, in the perfect blue buildings Said how 'm I gonna keep myself How 'm I gonna keep myself away from me Keep myself away How 'm I gonna keep myself away from me Keep myself away How 'm I gonna keep myself away from me