Be Good Tanyas

The Junkie Song

Be Good Tanyas


Took a walk in my neighborhood 
At 2 in the mornin' by the skytrain station 
The streets were full of junkies and homeless 
And they all wanted somethin' 
They all wanted somethin' 

What am I supposed to do? 
There are too many of you 
too many of you… 
Yet sometimes I look you in the eye 
and say that I too am human 
I could easily be you… 

You know we all hover between apathy and compassion 
We fill up all our days with so much distraction 
It makes it easier not to see what we don't want to 
But we all live here 
We all live here 
We all live lonely 

Took a walk in my neighborhood 
At 2 in the mornin' by the sky train station 
The streets were full of junkies and homeless 
And they all wanted somethin' 
They all wanted somethin' 

What am I supposed to do? 
There are too many of you 
too many of you… 
Yet sometimes I look you in the eye 
and say that I too am human… 

I could easily be you 
I could easily be you 
I could easily be you