Joe's Head

Blistered, cracked and bleeding Cold, no one should know Rain falls down a freezin' And stickin' like a snow Lingering suspicions Screamin' in my head Lies all mixed up with omissions Oh, welcome home again It's too late for apologies They're falling at my feet "This is just the way of the world," Joe said I had to put a bullet into his head And then lit up a cigarette Decided to call his fat friend Fred Well, he said, "Fred, I just killed a man" I caught him layin' with my girlfriend And now, they're both dead People can be so cold when they're dead Callin' all the neighbors Time to make amends Whiskey floods the table Oh, good friends 'til the end And they're makin' silly faces And it's tastin' bittersweet "This is just the way of the world," Joe said I had to put a bullet into his head And then lit up a cigarette Decided to call his fat friend Fred Well, he said, "Fred, I just killed a man" I caught him layin' with my girlfriend And now, they're both dead People can be so cold when they're dead It's too late for apologies They're falling at my feet "This is just the way of the world," Joe said I had to put a bullet into his head And then lit up a cigarette Decided to call his fat friend Fred Well, he said, "Fred, I just killed a man" I caught him layin' with my girlfriend And now, they're both dead People can be so cold when they're dead "This is just the way of the world," Joe said I had to put a bullet into his head And then lit up a cigarette Decided to call his fat friend Fred Well, he said, "Fred, I just killed a man" I caught him layin' with my girlfriend And now, they're both dead People can be so cold when they're dead