"Padlock the door and board the windowsPut the people in the street"It's just my job," he says "I'm sorry." And draws a check, goes home to eatBut at night he tells his woman"I know I hide behind the laws."She says, "You're only taking orders."That's how every empire falls."

“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”

“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.”

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