i`m staring at the front door in my coat
it`s kinda rainy
i`ve a feeling i don`t want to know
i`m walking down the pavement
here i go
i`m heading for a place
i`ve been a million times before
and there`s a thousand better ways
that i could spend my time
than coversation with somebody
where the sun don`t shine
there`s lots of people i can be around
and not pretend
that i`ve been everywhere before
and i call `em my friends
friends
somebody`s got a party where i go
i wish i lost the invitation
there`s nobody there i know
conversation gets too loud
too many people want to talk
i wish they`d turn it all down
and everybody`s got
a million different points of view
but when you`re looking out the window
that they`re looking through
don`t you think it`s kinda stupid
trying to jump onto the rat race
train that`s going the same way too
and there`s a thousand better ways
that i could spend my time
than coversation with somebody
where the sun don`t shine
there`s lots of people i can be around
and not pretend
that i`ve been everywhere before
and i call `em my friends
friends
i look at my reflection on their wall
i feel so empty
i`m surprised to see my face in there at all
i make up an excuse to call my phone
and less than 20 minutes later
i`m in a taxi heading home
and richard burton`s on a benderz
trying to get back home
he`s never been so many miles
from back where he comes from
he must be 20 times the legal limit
staring at the end
there`s not a telephone for miles
i want to talk to my friends
there`s a thousand better ways
that i can spend my time
than coversation with somebody
where the sun don`t shine
there`s lots of people i can be around
and not pretend
that i`ve been everywhere before
and i call `em my friends
friends