OH CAN YOU TEACH   HOW TO BE ABLE TO

WIN AT THE TABLES

OH CAN YOU TEACH ME  HOW TO BET ON THE PONIES

AND SINGERS NAMED JOANIE

BUT HIS MIND DANCES BACK TO THAT BALLROOM FLOOR

WILL HIS SKELETON KEY STILL FIT IN THE DOOR

YOU TWISTED THE BLADE FROM THE RAZOR BUT I NEEDED MORE

AND IT HURTS SO BAD AND SO BEAUTIFUL JUST LIKE BEFORE 

OH CAN YOU SHOW ME LIFT THE FOG FROM THE MIRROR

UNTIL I AM CLEARER

AND OH DID YOU TELL ME I’D HAVE TO BE HARDER WHILE PLAYING THE MARTYR

AND DON’T LET A LESSON IN HAPPINESS SLIP YOUR MIND

DON’T LET YOUR VISIONS OF EMPTYNESS MAKE YOU BLIND

THE LEAST LITTLE THING ABOUT LONLINESS YOU CAN FIND

AND IT HURTS SO BAD AND SO BEAUTIFUL AT THE SAME TIME 

OH CAN YOU TEACH ME HOW TO BE KIND TO MY

SWEET GYPSY FIND

AND OH CAN YOU HELP ME TRY AND HAVG ON TO HER

MY HEART BELONGS TO HER

AND I’VE GOT TO GET BACK TO MY SCHACK BY THE SEA

TRY AND SWEAT OUT WHAT YOU MUST THINK OF ME

YOU SAID YOU WERE LOST I SAID THAT’S THE SAME AS BEING FREE

AND YOUR FACE IS SO SAD AND SO BEAUTIFUL WHEN YOU AGREE 

OH DID YOU TRY AND TELL ME TO DRESS A BIT WARMER WHEN

THEY COME TO INFORM HER

OH PLEASE SHINE ON ME NOW I DON’T WANT TO BE ALONE

INTO THE GREAT UNKNOWN

AND HE TRIED NOT TO SPEED BUT WAS ON THE WRONG TRACK

RUSHING FROM HOME BUT HE STOPPED TO LOOK BACK

HE SAW IT COMING AT ONECE NO TIME TO FALL BACK

AND IT HURTS SO QUICK AND SO PAINLESSLY WHEN IT GOES BLACK