Staying up all night In a motel room And the alchemy must make sense to me Heaped up powders, bottles and tubes It's all gone upside down It never turns to gold I came so close but it slipped away (He guards his actions, guards his words) It makes no difference Now I've come this far They send narcotics agents To catch a falling star It's throbbing so hard Like a funeral march Twenty years I've been on this road Out Of control when the hammer comes down When the hammer comes down Something has to be done And this is as good as anything (He guards his actions guards his words) It makes no difference All that work and stuff I know that there's a place When things start getting rough Throbbing so hard Like a funeral march Kick away the chair