Time provides the rope   But love will tie the slipknot   And I will be the chair you kick away   You don't even like anything you like   Or the people you know   And all of your reasons to stay alive died      (Chorus): I dedicate this song to you   For all the desperate things you made me do   I'd like to beat you black and blue   For all the agony you have put me through      Front seat stained with love   A back seat full of bibles   Purloined from the drawers of lost motels   They say when you're older you'll understand   You know it's a lie   'cause you've got a twisted and mangled heart      (Chorus)      Down Route 66   You pilfered love and green stamps   W.C. Fields with Mae West in your eyes   They say every clock's a blunt instrument   Crushing the skull   But you've got a vise to rest your head in      (C)