Lost again in theatre land, drunk and dull in the electric village

It’s killing me to quench my thirst in the waif and stray limousine spillage

Out comes another one from the big bad club dripping mink and champers

He thinks the waif wants his autograph ‘til she begs for a pound and scampers

And I’m no better, drowning in painkillers, high as a kite

But we wouldn’t be killing pain if we were all right

We wouldn’t be killing pain if we were all right

And I’m sucking it down into my soul

Then freaking out like a new born spastic

But I go back for refills man, I’m terrified and fantastic

Then the sun comes up through Soho

A second before I think I’ll die

I grab hold of the nearest hand for comfort

And you wipe out the night from my eyes

And the next day I’m still here between the pushers in gutters and booze

And in spite of all that

I keep killing pain ‘til I’m all right

And in spite of all that I keep killing pain ‘til I’m all right

I cannot see how to stop this flame from burning through me

‘Less the damsel turns for once and lets me drown before she’ll use me

Let me drown in your distraction and teach me to sleep at night

Stop me from killing pain and make me all right

And my heart is beating in most peculiar ways

I keep it quiet to stop the idle talking

But then you know that

Every cripple finds his own way of walking

But then you know that

Every cripple finds his own way of walking

His own way home