There are
tongues of flame
There are balls of fire
There's a mad man screaming
In the church's spire
There is death in a doorway
Where the shadows fall
Where the insane stare
And the brave won't go
There is freezing cold
And driving rain
There's blood on the stairwell
And there's piss down the drain
But it's my life
May not be much
But that's all there is to it
It's my life
I didn't ask for it
But someone had to do it
There are soldiers of fortune
Legions of the poor
There's cops and criminals
Behind every door
If you're looking for solace
Don't come around here
You can buy me a whiskey
While you cry in your beer
This is my life
May not be much
But that's all there is to it
This is my life
I didn't ask for it
But someone had to do it
I have counted the injustices
I've cataloged the pain
When the nightmares want for company
They call my name
I keep a memory of agony
I'm the patron of lost souls
I remember
What no one wants to know |
This is my
life
Black and blue
All the way through it
This is my life
I didn't ask for it
But someone had to do it
This is my life
May not be much
But that's all there is to it
This is my life
You be damned lucky
If you could live through it
It was the weaklings and cowards
Who created the lie
Of a happy hereafter
And god up in the sky
The real estate of Eden
It was sold for a loss
Salvation wasn't found
In a corpse on a cross
This is my life
May not be much
But that's all there is to it
This is my life
I didn't ask for it
But someone had to do it
I want to desecrate your innocence
Take the blinders from you eyes
The truth is written plainly
On a virgin's bloodied thighs
A mother screams in labor
They've been telling lies
When a child is born
We hit it 'til it cries
This is my life
May not be much
But that's all there is to it
This is my life
I didn't ask for it
But someone had to do it |