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