Disease On Parade

This is about as depressed as I get,
well don't you get distressed
'cause all I'm asking for
is one last lick of sweet success.
And, don't call it honesty,
just tell me what you mean to me
and we will go our own way...

And I will give you one good reason
why you shouldn't call.
'Cause if you follow through on anything
I'm sure you'd fall back
into dependency and say you "Swear
you'll always need me" but once you're there
you know you'll never come back home.

So how do we explain
that we made a name
like disease on parade
to the towns we're covering?
At some time today we'll make our escape
but leaving traces of the days we gladly
gave away

And heaven knows what the hell
we're doing at the docks tonight.
We're sinking slowly but you
surely got a hold of me tonight
And suddenly I see
the town with torches
slowly gather round.
If you don't help us out
you know we're going to drown.

It's time that we explain
that we made a name
like disease on parade
to the towns we're smothering.
At high tide today we'll make our escape
but leaving traces of the days we gladly gave away.

And now that we've explained
that we made a name
like disease on parade
to the towns, recovering.
At noontime today we'll make our escape
but leaving traces of the days we gladly gave away.