Jim Carroll

What's Number One

Jim Carroll


Those were high times back in Delhi 
I was left for dead 
Everybody beat it to L.A. 
So the papers read 
But I said, "No, this is not where I get dropped off 
Keep the dough I'm here to blow the top off it" Sixty-eight
back in Chicago 
Watched my friends all fall 
Now they're waiting down in old Key Largo 
For their man to call 
All laid back 
Sitting in the redwood sauna 
Hanging slack 
Like some dazed iguana I'd choose the bruised up moon 
Over the sun 
I'd lose 
I guess I'm confused 
What's number one 
What's number one? I'm a fine one to be talking 
Dig the mastermind 
You see even if you hold the key 
The door's locked from behind but I left 
I was playing out a lone part 
I was deaf To whispers of my own heart I'd choose the bruised up
moon 
Over the sun 
I'd lose 
I guess I'm confused 
What's number one 
What's number one? Like a miner seeks that main gold vein 
I'll search on cutting through against the grain 
Keeps me sane I'd choose the bruised up moon 
Over the sun 
I'd lose 
I guess I'm confused 
What's number one 
What's number one?