"There's a girl in the white houseI don't even know her nameHer disheveled appearanceSpeaks volumes of shameIt's an embarrassing situationBut a situation just the sameThe way she walks on othersAnd never takes the blameUpsets my constitutionBeyond its mortal frame."

“Sometimes my old heart is like a washing machine It bounces around 'til my Soul comes cleanAnd when I'm clean and hung out to dryI'm gonna make you laugh until you cry”

“Why just before last ChristmasMy baby went awayAnd I find it real surprisingFor myself to hear me sayThat everything is coolEverything's okay”

“I wish you love - and happiness I guess I wish - you all the bestI wish you don't - do like I doAnd never fall in love with someone like youCause if you fell - just like I didYou'd probably walk around the block like a little kidBut kids don't know - they can only guess...”

“Caught a train from Alexandria Just a broken man in flightRunning scared with his devils Saying prayers all through the nightOh but mercy can't find himNot in the shadows where he callsForsaking all his better angels That's how every empire falls”

“We are the lonely all togetherAll together we're all aloneWe are the lonely all together All together we're all alone”

“Sam Stone came homeTo the wife and familyAfter serving in the conflict overseas.And the time that he served,Had shattered all his nerves,And left a little shrapnel in his knees. But the morphine eased the pain,And the grass grew round his brain,And gave him all the confidence he lacked,With a purple heart and a monkey on his back.There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes,Jesus Christ died for nothin I suppose.”