IT TOOK A LOST WEEKEND
IN A HOTEL IN AMSTERDAM
AND DOUBLE PNEUMONIA
IN A SINGLE ROOM
AND THE SICKEST JOKE
WAS THE PRICE OF THE MEDICINE
ARE YOU LAUGHING AT ME NOW
MAY I PLEASE
LAUGH ALONG WITH YOU
THIS MORNING I WOKE UP
FROM A DEEP UNQUIET SLEEP
WITH ASHTRAY CLOTHES
AND THIS LONELY HEART'S PEN
WITH WHICH I WROTE FOR YOU
A LOVESONG IN TATTOO
UPON MY PALM
'TWAS STOLEN FROM ME
WHEN JESUS TOOK MY HAND
YOU SEE, I...
I WOULDN'T SAY IT
IF I DIDN'T MEAN IT
DROP ME AND I'LL FALL TO PIECES
SO EASILY
I WAS A KING BEE
WITH A HEAD FULL OF ATTITUDE
WORE MY HEART ON MY SLEEVE
LIKE A STAIN AND MY AIM
WAS TABOO
YOU
COULD WE MEET
IN THE MARKETPLACE
DID I EVER, HEY PLEASE
DID YOU WOUND MY KNEES
YOU SEE, I...
I WOULDN'T SAY IT
IF I DIDN'T MEAN IT
DROP ME
AND I'LL FALL TO PIECES, YEAH
TOO EASILY
THERE'S NOBODY ELSE TO BLAME
I HANG MY HEAD
IN A CRYING SHAME
THERE'S NOBODY ELSE TO BLAME
NOBODY ELSE
EXCEPT MY SWEET SELF, OH
IT TOOK A LOST WEEKEND
IN A HOTEL IN AMSTERDAM
TWENTY-FOUR GONE YEARS
TO CONCLUDE IN TEARS
AND THE SICKEST JOKE
WAS THE PRICE OF THE MEDICINE
ARE YOU LAUGHING AT ME NOW
MAY I PLEASE LAUGH ALONG
OH...
I WAS A KING BEE
WITH A HEAD FULL OF ATTITUDE
AN ASHTRAY HEART
ON MY SLEEVE, WOUNDED KNEES
AND MY ONE LOVE SONG
WAS A TATTOO UPON MY PALM
YOU WROTE UPON ME
WHEN YOU TOOK MY HAND
YOU SEE, I...
I WOULDN'T SAY IT
IF I DIDN'T MEAN IT
DROP ME AND I'LL FALL TO PIECES
TOO EASILY
TOO EASILY
TOO EASILY