Another Shirley Temple,   Another Caine and Able,   There's nothing out the window,   And nothing on the table.      This life is like a sad list    Strong across the Nation,   If I miss you at the soundcheck,   I'll see you at the station.      There's a beast inside of me,   And he's not bad company   But he speaks in tongues I can never understand,   He says it's one more show and a penny for the band.      Keep everybody dancing,   Keep everybody spending,   I know I am not a good man,   But I can keep pretending.      I made it in a doorway,   Your dress is like a dark vale,   But I'm not going your way,   I'm going back to heartache.      With a bottle of Burgundy,   Where she waits on the balcony,   With a northern wish and a daisy in her hand,   To send me all her love and a penny for the band.      There's a beast inside of me,   And I miss my family,   All these pages and these stages made of sand,   Still, it's one more show and a penny for the band,   One more show and a penny for the band.