Tom: E E B E I was the cleaning man E B E I was the cleaning man A E Listened to the radio play 'Cowgirl in the Sand' E B E When I was the cleaning man [Verse 2] E B E I was the cleaning man A After everyone had come E To talk and drink and dance A E I could see the evening scene reflecting in the cans A E Now echoes of the empty room return with loneliness A And in the darkness of the night E I take the devil's hand E B E When I was the cleaning man [Verse 3] E A E I was death's hand E B E I was heroin B E To somebody I shouldn't have been [Verse 4] E B E I was heroin E B E I was death's hand A E I was the thief who stole all those women and men A E I stood at the funerals of relatives and friends A E And like a Midas eye wishing my greed and curse would end [Outro] E B E When I was the cleaning man E B E When I was the cleaning man E B E When I was the cleaning man