Swinging for the fences

Hanging from the moon

I cut my tongue on the rust of a silver spoon

I bet my billionth bottom dollar on a hopeless case

And now the devil on my shoulder has a knife to my face

Sometimes the short end of the stick is the sharpest

Sometimes the only road to take is the darkest

Sometimes all you gotta say is "Daddy, make it go away"

Sometimes the only way out is as a carcass

Chimp with a cigarette in a fifty cent zoo

Thanks God he ain't in the circus while he's watching you

I got too close to the furnace

I've been on both sides of the glass

But ain't nobody made a monkey out my monkey ass

Sometimes the short end of the stick is the sharpest

Sometimes the only road to take is the darkest

Sometimes all you gotta say is "Daddy, make it go away"

Sometimes the only way out is as a carcass

Sometimes you gotta finish what you shouldn't have started

Sometimes you gotta shoot before you see the target

Sometimes Daddy's gonna say, "You're not worth the price to pay"

Sometimes the tunnel only leads to darkness

You built this ship (you did, you did)

And you'll go down with it

Racing toward the mailbox

With a letter in your hand

But the postman's gone away, and you begin to understand

That you're no hero to this story

You're just another wretched pawn

Who bought his tickets to the sideshow

And then slept through the alarm

Sometimes the short end of the stick is the sharpest

Sometimes the only road to take is the darkest

Sometimes all you gotta say is "Daddy, make it go away"

Sometimes the only way out is as a carcass

Sometimes you gotta finish what you shouldn't have started

Sometimes you gotta shoot before you see the target

Sometimes Daddy's gonna say, "You're not worth the price to pay"

Sometimes the tunnel only leads to darkness

Sometimes the short end of the stick is the sharpest

Sometimes the only road to take is the darkest

Sometimes all you gotta say is "Daddy, make it go away"

Sometimes the only way out is as a carcass

Sometimes you gotta finish what you shouldn't have started

Sometimes you gotta shoot before you see the target

Sometimes Daddy's gonna say, "You're not worth the price to pay"

Sometimes the tunnel only leads to darkness

You built this ship

And you'll go down with it