Hope baby my mind won't slip
 Sailing on a sinking ship
 Into the sunset and back
 Dark night on a long highway 
 Little lights in the houses say
 Somebody's staying up late

 Oh, I'll be [bad word] to you
 Oh yeah, you know I will
 I'll be [bad word] to you forever or until
 I go home

 If I ever treated you mean
 You know that it was only because
 I was sorry I couldn't have you for my own
 I guess it's sort of funny now
 Sort of like a plastic putty
 Imagination all twisted with the facts

 Oh, I'll be [bad word] to you
 Oh yeah, you know I will
 I'll be [bad word] to you forever or until
 I go home

 I have a deep respect for you
 Usually reserved for the dead
 Hanging on every word that you said
 So nice to have a friend like you
 Even though you're not around
 You're closer to me than most
 But kids say the darndest things
 hollow hopes and golden dreams
 Leave everything empty in the end

 Oh, I'll be [bad word] to you
 Oh yeah, you know I will
 I'll be [bad word] to you forever or until
 I go home

 Hope it be my mind don't slip
 Sailing on a sinking ship
 Into the sunset and back
 Gee, it's great to be alive
 Takes the skin right off my hide
 To think I'll have to give it all up some day

 Oh, but I'll be [bad word] to you
 Oh yeah, you know I will
 I'll be [bad word] to you forever or until
 I go home