Long Time Dead

Well you can take a look around and find you found nothing
Listen to me - you don't know all the answers

It took a long time between the sheets to create my masterpiece
And it's gonna take a long time to clean the slate and make a new man out of me
And when Diff'rent Strokes leave your spirit broken
You look through the classifieds
In a magazine for people deep in sin - you couldn't get much lower if you tried

Well you can take a look around and find you found nothing
Listen to me - you don't know all the answers

Well the streets were mean but that didn't mean that I was streets ahead of my time
In this neighbourhood you do something good if you can keep your reputation off the line
I don't look to the future cos its doesn't exist except as something you see in your dreams
And if you need an eighth to get you in that state you know you never gonna understand what it means

Well you can take a look around and find you found nothing
Listen to me - you don't know all the answers

I took the 6 o'clock train to where it hurts
I tried to pick myself up out of the dirt
I saw the blue sky turning red
I had a science fiction movie playing in my head
But the only star that wanted to see
Was when the universe was comin' back down on me
I got a needle and a masterplan
And it's the only thing that's gonna tell me who I am

Well you can take a look around and find you found nothing
Listen to me - you don't know all the answers