I got a note from the cleaner of your slates
Said several people could swear they'd seen me showing several human traits
I recognize their statements, but did they recognize my states?
Your body and soul, I wanted both
Now, I don't go for gossip, but I got some news from one of my connections
Several of these people were observed practicing perversions to perfection
I just think it might be wise if you did lend it some reflections
They were drawing lots for your clothes
Confidentially, baby
This is a dangerous place
Around here there's a jaw for a tooth
Consequently, maybe
We'd change our directions and our pace
If you'll let go of your traditions
I'll let go of my truth
I spoke to your cousin, he always was the cleverest
He hired the Empire State Building when he realized he couldn't have the Mount Everest
And declared that he'd go through the moments considered the hardest and the heaviest
Let go of his possessions and desires
I watched you watching him and from the viewpoint of my solitude
I saw something that upset me and though it's not my habit to intrude
Now I know I should have told you, although I might have disturbed your mood
He had it all tied up with hidden wires
Confidentially, baby
This is a dangerous place
You know there's no easy way out
Consequently, maybe
We'd change our directions and our pace
If you'll let go of your destiny
I'll let go of my doubt
The way I had your poems published in some phony magazine
After bottling your breath for some brewer who claimed that he could turn water into gasoline
With your determined dreams, I don't blame you for deciding to turn off that machine
Still, sometimes I wish you'd come home
Well, the kind of people I always felt related to were men like Elijah and Ulysses
Just like when I heard you'd left town that night with a very young man as Mr. and Mrs.
In a jet plane bound for Babylon with her bribery and her business
And making that short stop in Rome
Confidentially, baby
This is a dangerous place
They say just one man got out of here alive
Consequently, maybe
We'd change our directions and our pace
If you'll let go of your prejudice
I'll let go of my pride