from the alleys to the valleys   see 'em ridin' just like sally   when you wake up in the middle   and you just can't stay      i've seen the movies and the groovies   and i'm searching for a ruby   in the gutter with a promise   and i'm on my way      send us all to high school   make us pray to statues   so we hang on corners lookin' bored      all the rubbish that you cherish   with your hedonistic pleasures   and your latest status symbols   just can't stay      seen the majors chase the minors   with the military blinders   dangle carrots in the faces   of the u.s.a.      i hate the local stiffness   and all the capitol sickness   you know they're waiting on a war      whisper in my ear dear   (tell me something)   why does suicide have such appeal   (never nothin')   no way-goin'   like sailors   and valentine   failures   ducking   rejection with   walls of    protection      degeneration   cross the nation   lonely callers masturbation   for a minute      just can't stay   all the wheelers and the dealers   and the zombies kill the feelings   with a bottle and a vial   and i'm on my way      i seen my mother   watch her dreams just   smother      don't wanna sing the graveyard song      whisper in my ear dear   (tell me something)   why do you pretend it ain't fucking real   (never nothin')   no way-heart felt attraction   that never takes action   just meetings and functions   and social corruptions      all your niches and your stitches   i'm not lyin' back and wishin'   for a cinderella savior   and i just can't stay   call us fags and call us phonies   but i make the ginamone    and you hate it cause i shake    it   and i'm on my way      i can't wait till christmas   barking in the darkness   a broken hero at the bar      whisper in my ear dear   (tell me something)   why does suicide have such   appeal   (never nothin')      no way out   no way out   no way now   no way!      fire to ashes   and candy store flashes   scars from the gashes   and yesterday passes      from the alleys to the   valleys   see 'em ridin' just like sally   when you wake up and you   just can't stay