The Needle and the Nine to Five

I only came out tonight, because I thought I saw your light,

In your window on the second floor,

and for a second I suppose I forgot you're not here anymore,

And that there's no such things as ghosts,

that's just a story they tell you,

And you never get what you want the most,

you can only have what they sell you

And look at us living our lives, as if we had anything to lose,

It's the needle or the nine to five, you don't get to choose

So many centuries, so many wasted years, so many bad careers,

You're in a different world to me, but I need you here,

See how I bend and bow, see how I don't know how,

I want to see you proud,

Well that's for another lifetime but I need you now

I only got high tonight, to show you that I got the right,

To take as much as I can take, then to give a speech at my own wake,

Because I never believed in ghosts, that's just a story they tell you

And you never get what you want the most,

you can only have what they sell you,

Yeh no one gets out alive, and you never really cheat the noose,

It's the needle or the nine to five, you don't get to choose

Strung out on fever dream, strung out on bad routine,

Suicide by soft machine,

But that's just another word to me, you know what I mean,

See how I bend and bow, see how I 'Walk the Cow',

Didn't mean to speak out loud,

But love's for another lifetime,

But I need you now.

Hey I only called up tonight, just to show you that I got the right,

To taunt myself and hear your voice, to drink the poison of my choice

Yeh because I never believed in ghosts,

That's just a story they tell you,

And you never get what you want the most,

You can only have what they sell you,

And what's the sense in rolling the dice,

Even when you win, you lose,

It's the needle or the nine to five, you don't get to choose.