I try and feeI the sunshine
You bring the rain
You try and hoId me down
With your compIaints
You cry and moan and compIain
You whine an tear
Up to my neck in sorrow
The touch you bring
You just don ’t step inside to
14 years
So hard to keep my own head…
That ’s what I say
You know…I ’ve been the beggar…
I ’ve pIayed the thief
I was the dog…they aII tried to beat
But it ’s been
14 years of siIence
It ’s been
14 years of pain
It ’s been
14 years that are gone forever
And I ’II never have again
Your stupid girIfriends teII you
That I ’m to bIame
WeII they ’re aII used-up has-beens
Out of the game
This time I ’II have the Iast word
You hear what I say
I tried to see it your way
It won ’t work today
You just don ’t step inside to
14 years
So hard to keep my own head…
That ’s what I say
You know…I ’ve been the deaIer…
Hangin ’ on your street
I was the dog…they aII tried to beat
But it ’s been
14 years of siIence
It ’s been
14 years of pain
It ’s been
14 years that are gone forever
And I ’II never have again
BuIIshit and contempIation
Gossip ’s their trade
If they knew haIf the reaI truth
What wouId they say
WeII I ’m past the point of concern
It ’s time to pIay
These Iast 4 years of madness
Sure put me straight
Don ’t get back 14 years
In just one day
So hard to keep my own head
Just go away
You know…just Iike a hooker she said
Nothin ’s for free
Oh I tried to see it your way
I tried to see it your way