The Saddest Thing I Know

How long you been asleep at the wheel

Out of control, gathering up the speed

Your heart is on the dashboard hitting the street

I hope that you wake up in time to scream



Race me for tail or for head

Your attitude is mud and your promise is dead

You counteract the fuel with drink and the drugs

It's not what you did, it's what you will do



So, take another turn on a merry-go-round

Your numbers all come up, now your king of the town

So buckle up and chase yourself a new thrill

You're never gon' feel like before



You keep coming back for more

To find me almost knocking on your door

Say, man, you are the saddest thing I know

You gotta causeway begging for the score

You loose it all as you stumble to the floor

Say, man, you are the saddest thing I know



You keep coming up for air

To find your own foot pushing on your head

Say, man, you are the saddest thing I know

I seen the dried up blood that's in your hair

You got the old kaleidoscopic stare

Say, man, you are the saddest thing I know



When you gonna finally admit

It' the end of the line, you've been hammered and hit

Your body is a wreck and your mind is a mess

I know what you want

I think this is it