If I could hold on
to just one thought
For long enough to know

Why my mind is moving so fast
And the conversation is slow.
Burn off all the fog

And let the sun
through to the snow
Let me see your face again

Before I have to go.

I have seen you in the movies

And in those magazines at night
I saw you on the barstool when
You held that glass so tight.

And I saw you in my nightmares
But I'll see you in my dreams
And I might live a thousand years

Before I know what that means.

Once there was a friend of mine

Who died a thousand deaths
His life was filled with parasites
And countless idle threats.

He trusted in a woman
And on her he made his bets
Once there was a friend of mine

Who died a thousand deaths.