SOMETHING IN MY GENES By Tom Jensen
I've got the life juice
Flowing inside me...
Sometimes
Other times
It's been denied from me
I think that depression
Is starting to kick in
Gotta find myself a room
And get checked in...
Quick!
Gotta get it together
Or else just keep on getting sick
Boy I'm in the mix
Into getting my fix
Fu$% being rich!
I'm just another hypocrite
Who talks and talks
But it's just more sh$%
So you learn to live with it
Become a walking regret
Or else a song-writing poet
Boy life sucks
Don't you know it?
I'm a druggie
I'm an alki
I'm a nicotine fiend
I'm a loser
An abuser
Do you know what I mean?
What I've done
Can't be undone
Oh, the things I've seen
This monkey on my back weighs a ton
A weight so heavy I cannot out run
There must be something in my genes
This monkey on my back weighs a ton
A weight so heavy I cannot out run
There's always something in my jeans
Just as the sun comes up
My head goes down
I pick up the paper
And then I put it down
I may waste my life
But at least it's just my own
You won't read about
Any killing sprees from me
When you get home
I may be on page fifty-six
Another kid, another lesson
Another druggie looking for his fix
Wrong place, wrong time
Got bagged for possession
In the home of the brave
And the land of the free
You get to choose
Your own obsession
I'm a druggie
I'm an alki
I'm a nicotine fiend
I'm a loser
An abuser
Do you know what I mean?
What I've done
Can't be undone
Oh, the things I've seen
I've always got something
To write about
I always find myself in a tunnel
In which I can't get out
As the light keeps getting
Dimmer in the distance
Every night I'm on the card
For the heavyweight bout
I once was strong
But now I'm beginning
To have my doubts
I think I may be in need
Of some assistance