When I came to the city I thought it'd be easy

Selling my ass came so naturally

Too many hot days and too much rich food

Couldn't hide the facts if I'd owned the proof

Back in California, I swam with the sharks

When you didn't smell blood you'd go on a lark

Wasted away on that desert shore

Like my forebears before me in a foreign world

Coal is so black, and eggs are so white

Those stupid hicks, they sold off their birthright

Drawing the dozers on down to the line

Walked over the plains and said, "this is mine"

Can't feel the love in a piece of cold steel

Met a young slip and told him to strip

You work for me now better get on the ship

Got to ride these boys hard when they're on my time

Havanas aren't free and nor is my ex-wife

From a downtown apartment on a Friday night

The view's not so good from behind the turnstile

So important and only half-done

If I could do it again, yeah

I'd get the fun

Can't feel the love in a piece of cold steel