Every week I sleep at a different friend's house  those books I bought in school don't do me no good now  when I call my mom she just hangs up the phone  penniless and loveless, I need a job and a home    And Veronica don't answer my pages  since she got tired of me and my blue-collar wages  that business life just ain't for me  in a suit and a tie I'll never be free    I look really pale and I feel like a slob  but no matter how much I lose, my hope won't be robbed  everyday I make amends for my sinner's soul  maybe I'll get back home if I ever get whole    I don't ever buy a thing without knowin what it costs  I ride the D train, and just get off more lost  I answer ads for jobs that ain't for me  they say they'll call me back but just let me be  I eat here and there and sleep an hour a day  the pillow makes me think of the prices that I pay  I left school, it just left me wantin more  I never learned which doorknob was for my door    And I don't blame my mom and Veronica's right  I'm just a waste of space and days  and I just pray that before I'm through  I'll figure out what I want to do