Humiliation

I survived the dinner

Then the air went thinner

I retired to the briars by the pool, it gets so loud

If I die this instant

Taken from a distance

They would probably list it down

Among other things 'round town

Got my rings around me

I got baby to pound me

I see stars and go weak

My baby cries and lays me down

In the skies over black Venice

I see eyes of a white menace

The surprise of the week

Is that I never heard the sound

All the L.A. women

Fall asleep while swimming

I got paid to fish 'em out

And then one day I lost the job

And I cried a little

I got fried a little

Then she laid her eyes on mine

And she said, "Babe, you're better off"

I got my rings around me

I got baby to pound me

I see stars and go weak

My baby cries and lays me down

In the skies over black Venice

I see eyes of a white menace

The surprise of the week

Is that I never heard the sound

Tunnel vision lights my way

Leave my little life today

As the free-fall advances

I'm the moron who dances

Ah

I was teething on roses

I was in guns and noses

Ah

Under the withering white skies of humiliation

Under the withering white skies of humiliation

Tunnel vision lights my way

Leave my little life today

Tunnel vision lights my way

Leave my little life today

She wore blue velvet

Said she can't help it

She wore blue velvet

Said she can't help it

She wore blue velvet

Said she can't help it