Released on September 18, 1989

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[Verse 1]

I live in a box

I live on a one-way street

But I don't mind

'Cause I live alone

Nobody has to share my home

And if I could choose

I might pick a bigger box


[Chorus 1]

But that's all I'd change

Until I get a credit card

My home on the range

Is underneath my black hat

Until I wake up


[Post-Chorus]

I will not be watching you

So you should not be watching me, no


[Bridge 1]

I got what I need

I got a car that doesn't work, I got blood to bleed

I got a bar of soap, and I got shampoo, too

So I look like me but I smell like you

I won the Nobel Prize, I made a thinner dime

You know I'll get my act together when I find the time

But right now I think that living is a place to lie down

See, I rule the dirt, so I'm the king of this town


[Verse 2]

I live in the dark

I live in the silence

And I can say

That I see and hear

Much more than the average man

And if I could choose

I might pick a darker void


[Chorus 2]

But that's all I'd change

Until I get a bigger club

My home on the range

Is somewhere in the closet

Until I wake up


[Post-Chorus]

I will not be watching you

So you should not be watching me, no


[Bridge 2]

Here's what we've got

Tell me what I am, I'll tell you what I am not

You tell me what I'm not, I'll tell you what I am

We'll both scratch our heads like we give a damn

Tell me, who comes out ahead when all this fun is through?

Please tell me who comes out ahead

Was it me or you, was it me or you?

Probably you


[Verse 3]

I live in my skull

I'm under my eyelids

You can't touch me

'Cause I'm fast asleep

You wouldn't like the friends I keep

And if I could choose

I might pick a larger head


[Chorus 3]

But that's all I'd change

Until I get a safe way out

My home on the range

Is right behind my eyeballs

And don't you dare wake me up