I am the swingin' man perpetually on the lam
Free as a bird or the girls in Amsterdam
Yellow taxi ride hey I never exercise

The devil when I speak or when I rise

Buddy Holly told me you can't save rock n roll

It's only for the lonely boys and girls

I'm a courageous cat down at the Laundromat

A sacred cow I never took a vow
Like old buildings and !@^%s
Politicians and wars

All get respect man if they last this long
They used to call her Mary
But she changed her name to Raph

Life was something scary till she laughed
We never had a baby but she got more tattoos
And I got more material for the blues


Summer's rolling in
I want to lose this skin

They call it art but sometimes it's just a sin

I am a swingin' man

Hey I smile on command
I don't know when or how you got to me
We never had a baby but she got more tattoos

And I got more material for the blues