I feel the pain in my head

I want that sleep that I'm missing

I'm falling all apart

Oh, the nightmare that I'm living

And all the life that it's givin'

Oh, I need that start

Held an old friend as he died

Oh what a wasted life

So don't you start

Don't you start your pushin'

The needle to the red

Well I feel the life that I'm leadin'

Is bringing me down and I'm bleedin'

Been pushed aside to die

Skull and cross bones in my mind

I start to believe in my own lies

Oh, why did I start?

Held an old friend as he died

Oh what a wasted life

So don't you start

Don't you start your pushin'

The needle to the red

I sit and wonder all the time, what it'd be like if I could change my mind?

Blood drips slowly from the sky, falling down and cleansing my naked eye

Break down and cry

Blood shot eyes in the mirror, look at my hand it's a-quiver

I'm a crumbled heap in the dark

Lovin' spoonful on the table, I take it quicker than I am able, able to make that start

Held an old friend as he died, oh what a wasted life.

Don't you start, don't you start

Said don't you start your pushin' the needle to the red

The needle to the red, oh no don't push, don't push, don't, don't, don't

Don't push it

Don't push