Girls & Dead People

One, two, three, hey!

I got a little hole in my vein
A real monkey that I just can't kick
I have it for breakfast, lunch and dinner
I mix it up in my Nestle Quick
All the ghosts that stung me like a bottle of whiskey
All the girls that wouldn't drink from my glass
They ray me like a cigarette in my eye
And they leave me like the left of my ass, yeah

They're ruling my life, they're raining my soul
I beg 'em for mercy but they won't let me go

Every morning, every night
From sundown 'til sunlight
When I'm singing, when I scream
When I lay awake shaking from a god-awful dream
There are girls and dead people
Girls and dead people

I wake up every morning to a tortured life
For I got to deal with them all day
I've tried shrinks and gypsies, drugs and ouijas
But nothing can make them go away
I've been trying to lose all my boyish fears
Yeah, I've been trying to act like a man
But all them girls just mock my performance
And the dead want me to be one of them, them

I told it on the mountain but no one was there
I told it through the P.A. but no one cared

Every poem, every song
When I'm old, when I'm young
When I'm wasted, when I'm numb
All alone, everyone
There are girls and dead people
Girls and dead people, yeah, yeah

I paint a picture, now here they come
I paint a picture, one by one
Raining my life, raining my soul
I beg 'em for mercy but they won't let me go
No, no, no, no, no, no

Every morning, every night
From sundown 'til sunlight
When I'm singing, when I scream
When I lay awake shaking from a god-awful dream
Every poem, every song
When I'm old, when I'm young
When I'm wasted, when I'm numb
All alone, everyone
Every morning, every night
From sundown 'til sunlight
When I'm singing, when I scream
When I lay awake shaking from a god-awful dream
Every poem, every song
When I'm old, when I'm young, yeah, yeah
When I'm wasted, when I'm numb
When I fall in love with everyone
There are girls and dead people
Girls and dead people
Girls and dead people
Girls and dead people, yeah, yeah, yeah