Once In a Lifetime

Fifth floor Lorimer apartment above the warehouse

The Hasidic landlord checks on the rent

Neon lights shinin' off of the bodega

It's been weeks since I got up out of bed

Pushed her farther for nothin' but the silence

Sometimes it's nice to just be alone

Up and down, trip the rock around the dive

And sometimes it skins me down to the bone

Once in a lifetime

Wake the dead and dreamer

The angel, the sinner, the saint

Once in a lifetime

Dealer's got twenty-one, that's Brooklyn or maybe it's fate

Once in a lifetime

You put the handgun down, the bag down and give it away

Once in a lifetime

Got your eyes wide open the moment that you could be saved

Blue sun risin', awake at eleven-thirty

With a headache that's been poundin' for months

Somethin' is different, a hot Indian summer

The body's wakin' up in the trunk

Help me

I need a voice, I need a reason

Need anything but smoke in my lungs

Flush it down

Watch it spin around to freedom

The bathroom floor is temple for some

Once in a lifetime

Wake the dead and dreamer

The angel, the sinner, the saint

Once in a lifetime

Dealer's got twenty-one, that's Brooklyn or maybe it's fate

Once in a lifetime

You put the handgun down, the bag down and give it away

Once in a lifetime

Got your eyes wide open the moment that you could be saved

And you're walkin' out

Once in a lifetime

Once in a lifetime

It's hard to believe

It's hard to believe

Once in a lifetime

But I'm down on my knees

I'm down on my knees

Well, I'm down on my

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

Once in a lifetime

Wake the dead and dreamer

The angel, the sinner, the saint

Once in a lifetime

Dealer's got twenty-one, that's Brooklyn or maybe it's fate

Once in a lifetime

You put the handgun down, the bag down and give it away

Once in a lifetime

Got your eyes wide open the moment that you could be saved

And you're walkin' out

(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)

(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)

Once in a lifetime

(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)

Once in a lifetime

Once in a lifetime

(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)

(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)

Once in a lifetime

(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)

Once in a lifetime