Stan Ridgway - Throw It Away lyrics

Bobby had a background He'd done some prison time He borrowed a police car Drove it over the state line His partner wore a red dress She looked like Stubby Kaye And when they finally caught 'em Oh, she said to the DA Chorus: Throw it away Oh, throw it away There's nothin' left to do but throw it all away Throw it away Yeah, throw it away There's nothin' left to do but throw it all away Skies gettin' darker Cloudburst comin' on I've gotta clean my closet out And move this thing along Some things are gettin' hard to part with Most have gotta go Some memories can haunt your mind Stored underground below Chorus repeat Walkin' down a highway I stopped into a church Heard an empty sermon From a parrot on a perch Slept under a bridge Heard those big trucks haulin' freight So many things to buy and sell But none are worth the wait Rang up the conciliere Said to him "there's somethin' wrong" He put me back on hold And said he'd heard that radio song Woke up at the hotel In the Mussolini Suite I tried to put my shoes on But someone had stole my feet I rang up that old bellboy Said to him "there's somethin' wrong" He put me back on hold And said he'd heard that radio song Chorus repeat Shadows of the past Keep messin' up my mind Some mistakes I made Some people I can't find Where did the road get twisted? And did I let you down? But you never were a cowboy And I ain't no radio clown Tryin' to paint a picture But blue turns into red Some people have gone missing Some people end up dead Chasin' near the shadows I'm just tryin' to stay in the light I wonder sometimes if y'ever thought I was ever right