Stumbled up the alley over tins and wires   And broken boxes left for us to trip across   Another bunch of rotten bad luck    You can't win man, what'd I tell you?   Mucking hands can have a cost      First soaring then collision    Like my television    Stories all end up the same   So we just drink deep, inhale and cough   Move on before it wears off   Are we smarter than this shell game?   I blinked      Up the street to Grand Avenue    End up at the water front   Where pollution's made the sky go black   Never trust the books    And never screw the ones who don't deserve it   Slump let reflections play back, watch      First soaring then collision    Like my television    Stories all end up the same   So we just drink deep, inhale and cough   Move on before it wears off   Are we smarter than this shell game?   I'm not      It's no use kid, I can't stop bleeding   Take this old guitar, it's all I'm leaving   It's seen the Jersey pines    Bright neon signs and rode the Brighton line      I'll tell you what you're up against   It's the toughest fucking town   I've ever seen and you're going it alone   You're an outsider so    Keep your profile low