I see myself on T.V., I`m a faker, a paper clown
 It`s clear to all my friends that I habitually lie; I just bring them down
 I claim proneness to exaggeration
 But the [bad word] lies in my [bad word] 
 The children of the night, they all pass me by
 Have to drench myself in brandy
 In sleep I`ll hide
 But however much I booze
 There ain`t no way out
 There ain`t no way out
 I don`t care what you say, boy
 There ain`t no way out

 I lose so many nights of sleep worrying about my responsibilities
 Are the problems that [bad word] me up really down to him or me
 My ego will just confuse me
 Some day it`s going to up and use me
 Dish me out another [bad word] 
 Tell me about some destiny I can`t prevent
 And however much I squirm
 There ain`t no way out
 There ain`t no way out
 I don`t care what you say, boy
 There ain`t no way out

 Won`t somebody tell me how to get out of this place?!

 Then the [bad word] down like a cell door closing
 Suddenly I realize that I`m right now, I`m on the scene
 While sitting here all alone with a bottle and my head a-floating
 Far away from the phone and the conscience going on at me
 And on at me, and I don`t care what you say
 There ain`t no way out
 There ain`t no way out

 Now the walls are all clawed and scratched
 Like by some soul insane
 In the morning I humbly detach myself
 I take no blame
 I just can`t face my failure
 I`m nothing but a well [bad word] sailor
 You at home can easily decide what`s right
 By glancing very briefly at the songs I write
 But it don`t help me that you know
 This ain`t no way out
 Won`t somebody tell me?
 I don`t care what you say,