Don't want no picture written in a book, I want the words to speak so clearly that I'm hooked

And when it ends, I'll lay down and sigh, I'll brush my teeth and turn out the light

But all those fairy tales will scare me, nothing keeps me from the very things I want but I could never keep

And all those tales of joy and sorrow keep me hooked until tomorrow

Living my life as the dumb black sheep; the dumb black sheep (here we go!)

Don't want tobacco in my cigarette, I just want my dumb mind to be tricked

Cause when the paper, it burns near my lips

It almost feels like a fast-approaching kiss

There's nothing in this world that feels like this

Don't want no fear to live in my life, I wanna live and never think twice

But it ain't easy, living in the herd

When everybody's hooked on the shepherd's words, yeah