If I could tell you something, I would tell you it all But I don't know anything anymore I let the dirt and the rain and the cold come in They were outside just poundin' on the door Ladies in the corner want to borrow your smokes As if returning 'em would do any good Procrastinating what I know I'm just gonna do That for everyone eventually comes I know I got a long way to go I'm hanging on the side of a road I see the words but I don't know I'm slipping through the cracks I'm slipping through the cracks . . . the cracks in a photograph I got a letter in my pocket and a pain in my tooth And there's money in the bank up the street I got a jacket that would fit you And a couple of old guitars that I'd like for you to keep If you run into my sister tell her "Elvis is cool But the Rolling Stones will sweep her away" And money's always worth it on a Monday night
Cause on Friday she should get it for free I know I got a long way to go I'm hanging on the side of a road I see the words but I don't know I'm slipping through the cracks I'm slipping through the cracks . . And everybody's dancing as the ship's going down Why is it taking so long [???] If I could tell you something, I would tell you it all But I don't know anything anymore I let the dirt and the rain and the cold come in And I don't know what for Ladies in the corner want to borrow your smokes As if returning 'em would do any good Procrastinating what I know I'm just gonna do And everybody knows it too I know I got a long way to go I'm hanging on the side of a road I see the words but I don't know I'm slipping through the cracks I'm slipping through the cracks . . . the cracks in a photograph