I don't know just where I'm going
        But I'm going to try for the kingdom if I can
        'Cause it makes me feel like I'm a man
        When I put a spike into my vein
        Oh, I tell you things aren't quite the same
        When [bad word] on [bad word] 
        And I feel just like Jesus' son
        And I guess I just don't know
        And I guess that I just don't know

        I don't know
        I decided a couple of things
        But I know, but I'm going to try to give my life
        'Cause when the blood begins to flow
        When it shoots up the dropper's neck
        When I'm closing in on death

        You can't help me, not you guys
        Or all you sweet pretty girls
        with all your sweet pretty talk
        You can all go take a walk
        And I guess I just don't know
        And I guess that I just don't know

        I wish that I was born a thousand years ago
        And I wish that I'd sailed the darkened seas
        On a great big clipper ship
        Going from this land here to that
        Put on a sailor's suit and cap

        Away from the big city
        Where a man cannot be free
        Of all of the evils in this town
        And of himself and those around
        Oh, and I guess I just don't know
        Oh, and I guess that I just don't know

        Heroin, be the death of me
        Heroin, it's my wife and it's my life
        Because a mainer to my vein
        Leads to a center in my head
        And then I'm better off than dead

        Because when the smack begins to flow
        Oh then I really don't care anymore
        About all your Jim-Jims in this town
        And everybody putting everybody else down
        And all the dead bodies piled up in mounds
        And all the politicians making crazy columns

        Ah, while that heroin is in my blood
        And that blood is in my head
        Woh, then thank God that I'm good as dead
        And thank God that I'm not aware
        And thank God that I just don't care
        And I guess I just don't know
        And I guess that I just don't know