People say he’s lazy He just writes about people saying things
But those people always listen When he plays guitar and sings
About people saying things in his songs
She said, “boy sing me a story,” And she sank into his arms until the dawn came
He said, “we don’t have to play This talking song game”
She said, “let me be the girl who plays along ‘Cos I wanna live forever in a song”
And I said “Well now what do I know? I got no guitar for this show I’m here to hear a hero’s story Not to play a song for the radio
Let’s slip out of this movie about the coming of our age Down the alley past the junkies and the bankers with their business to arrange
She said “I know this street, it’ll never change”
He said “that’s the kind of thing people always say in songs”