Like a railroad train goes with rock 'n roll
Like ur notes on napkins & ur hooker stroll
Like a big brick wall right across ur heart
I won't be there in ur hospital room
And I wont be there with a snow blown spoon
And I wont be there durin' rainy intermissions

You can make time pass with a deck of cards
You can hold ur own with alcoholic rock stars
You can wear gold rings through ur hands & nose
But I wont be there in ur hospital room
And I wont be there with a snow blown spoon 
And I wont be there for the funeral of ur new family

And when u find what you're missin'
U betta look who u been kissin'
Cos' the music stops & you'll start listenin'
To the sound of ur heart
I got a graveyard scrapbook full of sad old news 
I got 2000 years of the Christian blues
I see too many gray men waitin' to die
So I wont be there when the lights go low
And I wont be there as ur habits grow
And I wont be there like some dead fly caught I ur lampshade