You only walk straight when it's dark outside

Pretend you got a cat to ride

Top of you, it's just like jumping a fence

It hurts like hell, this dancing

But if I climb down there's nothing to sell

Between the evening and all the church bells

Hey man, at least you did it all by yourself

Hang in, you bang, you still got your health

Your boy calls, says he needs a friendly ear

But all I want's a beer

In twenty minutes with your hand down there

Be hard, be thirsty near me

You left an old matchbook on my windowsill

But it was empty and you had to fill

You threw it away and I reached for a pill

You thumbed and read through an old method show still

The last word starts right here, you know

It's got nowhere to go

The last song ends, the lights fall low

We've got nothing to show

And I'll just lie here huddled in my lap

Of afterglow, you stop

When you peeled your body off mine like a sticker off a new wine glass

You got warm, so come off nice and fast

The names you misspelled but the faces they fell

You act like a sellout but it's just as well

Let's take this roadshow back to the hotel

Turn on a new show, let's fill the crowd

I take a long, hard, heavy sip

Then I drag from your last cigarette

And it's almost as stale and limp

As a soft, cold kiss from your lips

The last word starts right here, you know

It's got nowhere to go

The last song stops, the lights fall low

We've got nothing to show