Jesse Malin - Swingin' Man lyrics

I am the swingin' man, perpetually on the lam Free as a bird or the girls in Amsterdam Yellow taxi ride, hey, I never exercise The devil when I speak or when I rise Buddy Holly, told me You can't save rock 'n' roll It's only for the lonely boys and girls I'm a courageous cat down at the Laundromat A sacred cow I never took a vow Like old buildings and who*es, politicians and wars All get respect man if they last this long They used to call her Mary But she changed her name to Raph Life was something scary till she laughed We never had a baby but she got more tattoos And I got more material for the blues Summer's rolling in I want to lose this skin They call it art but sometimes it's just a sin I am a swingin' man, hey, I smile on command I don't know when or how you got to me We never had a baby but she got more tattoos And I got more material for the blues