When the going gets rough 
and it's too hard not to be tough 
grab your boots and an old long coat 
and a friendly bottle for your aching throat 
When you stumble... 
When you stumble don't be afraid 

(chorus)
Breakdown, you know sometimes you've gotta... 
Breakdown by the side of the road 
Breakdown and love life from the gutter 
Breakdown, watching the stars grow old 
Breakdown, you know sometimes you've gotta 
Breakdown and sing out loud 
Breakdown and love life from the gutter 
Breakdown before the lights go out 
Before the lights go out... 

Feeling tired and you're out of work 
With bloodshot eyes and a mouthful of dirt 
So find a friend who's as broken as you 
Put our feet on the road, put some miles in your shoes 
When you stumble... 
When you stumble don't be afraid 

(chorus)

Empty heart and an aching head 
Sad luck dreams in a stranger's bed 
Memories of your old home town 
So damn deep that you're bound to drown 
When you stumble... 
When you stumble don't be afraid 

(chorus)

Sitting by the lakeside, letting my eyes drift into the night 
That old cicada song like a long lost and forgotten lullaby 
I could die a happy man underneath the grass and sand and sky 
If you find my skeleton a-smilin', just leave me where I lie 

There's a silver light that shines just behind my fragile flesh and skin 
It binds me to the earth and stars and guides me like a father from within 
When I'm feeling low I ride my woes up where the air is cold and thin 
Just to get a better view of everywhere I've gone and haven't been 

When my final mortal thoughts are smothered by eternal burning fire 
The last sound that I'd like to hear, the heavy breath of someone I desire 
There's no sweeter way to go, ain't no better way to bite the wire 
I can only hope my luck is up when it's my time to expire

I'm walking to the gallows a wealthy man 
I'm walking to the gallows a wealthy man 
Got a thousand broken memories 
I've done the best I can 
I'm walking to the gallows a wealthy man 

Please don't tell my true love what I done 
Please don't tell my true love what I done 
Of all the men she's had before 
I'm the only one 
Please don't tell my true love what I done 

If I fly on high or burn below 
If I fly on high or burn below 
It doesn't matter anyhow 
I'll die before I go 
If I fly on high or burn below 

I'm walking to the gallows a wealthy man 
I'm walking to the gallows a wealthy man 
I'm walking to the gallows a wealthy man...

The years they sit heavy, the minutes ride fast 
You can cut through this night like a knife 
Grey hours of November are hard to remember 
When weather is the measure of life 

(chorus)
There's two stars in the night 
And we're down four bottles of wine 
Two stars in the night 
And we're down four bottles of wine 

You went through the door, walked into the dark 
You knew not what you would find 
The thing that you feared was alone in your heart 
The beating of blood and of time 

(chorus)

The rainclouds came, the sadness is grown 
The lightning and thunder caught fire 
The greatest love that you found was back home 
When hearts are confused by desire 

(chorus x2)

Across the sea, across the empty sea 
A stranger waits for you and me 
Alone she waits, marking the days as they fade 
Eternally 

(chorus)
La la... 
Last lullaby 
La la... 
Last lullaby 

The end is coming, the wires are humming 
There ain't nowhere left to run 
The air is thick now, you're getting sick now 
The beginning of the end has just begun 

(chorus)

As above and so below, at least that's how the story goes 
All will be as it was before 
There is no sleep here, but don't you fear my dear 
This world will turn forevermore 

(chorus)

It's getting late, I feel sassy 
Wanna jump out of this car and drink with you 
It's getting late, I feel sexy 
Wanna go find a bar and drink with you 
It's getting late, I feel nasty 
Wanna open a bottle and get fucked up with you... 

(chorus)
Cause it's these moments, these summers 
Together... 
Cigarettes and road dogs, whiskey and starlight 
We're lost... and found 

It's getting late, I'm sad and lonely 
Drowning my sorrows, looking for you 
It's getting late, my one and only 
Hope is lost, what can I do 
It's getting late, the bottle's empty 
I'm alone in a bar again, fuck you 

(chorus)

Sun's going down, my night is started 
Light up my first one thinking of you 
Sun's going down, my car's a-rumblin' 
Hitting the town I'm trouble for two 
Sun's going down, my arms ain't empty 
Each drink's a double and she ain't you 

(chorus)

I went down to Rita's to get myself a drink 
To sit up in that old French Quarter trying not to think 
About that girl who left me, way up in old Chi-town 
About that girl who left me in a gutter way downtown 

The waitress, she's a sweet one 
With hair as dark as night 
She always gets me through my day 
And makes me feel alright 
There's no place like Rita's 
Down on old Royale 
No place like that old French Quarter 
I know so well... 

(chorus)
I went down to Rita's to get myself a drink 
To sit up in that old French Quarter trying not to think 
About that girl who left me, way up in old Chi-town 
About that girl who left me in a gutter way downtown 

All I know 
is that old Southern smell 
thunder on the pavement 
and broken hearts that dwell 
On barstool after barstool 
forever on the years 
People change but all I see 
is whiskey through my tears... 

(chorus)

Once there was a street, a magic street of magic learning 
Where all the children laughed and cried and sang 
But then the dark days came and all the magic went away 
It was replaced with the criminally insane 

Sesame Street is a dead end street 
Sesame Street is a dead end street 
Sesame Street is a dead end street 
Sesame Street is a dead end street 

The Cookie Monster eats the little cookie children's heads 
While Big Bird laughs and smokes his big cigar 
Elmo's counting track marks while The Count is counting money 
In the back of his big, black expensive car 

Sesame Street is a dead end street...
Where is Snuffleupagus?

One of these magicians is bound to get it right 
Another damned musician in the middle of the night 
The whores are stumbling out from the darkness of their rooms 
The whole town's looking up the street to see what he can do 

(chorus)
Throw the goat, throw the goat 
Let's get the people swaying 
Throw the goat, throw the goat 
Rock out like you're praying 
Throw the goat, throw the goat 
No time can be wasted 
We're watching history make itself 
Let's strip our souls buck naked 

The magician lifts his hand, not once, but twice and a third time 
The tightrope walker's holding fast to the arms of the birdman 
The crowd is hushed and still again, no one knows what we're needing 
Except some goddamn magic fast so we don't forget we're living

(chorus)

He reaches in his pocket, silver flashes in his hand 
Smoke curls from his fingers like a shotgun on the lam 
A smile across his face, as he tips his flask and drinks 
"A toast!" he yells, "To rock and roll!" and then begins to sing... 

(chorus)

Raise your glass of ale tonight
Raise it to fluorescent lights
‘Cause soon enough this night will end
And we will find the street again

You were such a gorgeous mess
Guys tried to light your cigarettes
The flames would dance around your dress
As you drink your whiskey singing

(chorus)
Raise your glass of ale tonight
Raise it to fluorescent lights
‘Cause soon enough this night will end
And we will find the street again

You were always what I need
But you could not control your speed
I reach for your hand but it’s never there 
I still have that lock of hair

(chorus)

I thought we would just be friends 
And stick together ‘til the end
But you and I aren't what we need
And now we sing on broken feet

(chorus)

Summer flies and winter falls
Soon we'll be trapped inside these walls
So drink to freedom and drink to friends
‘Cause soon enough this night will end

We groan like old buildings
every time we’ve got some grief
Our voices crack like wood 
and nails become our teeth
It don't matter that we're lovers
It don't matter that we're friends
It can't stay good forever in the end

We're more like Cain and Abel 
than old Adam and Eve
You burn me in your passion 
Then turn around and leave 
It don't matter that we're brothers
It don't matter that we've sinned
It can't stay good forever in the end

Got sixty silver dollars
janglin’ in my jeans
But no amount of money's
gonna buy you back to me
It don't matter that I owe you
fifties, fives or tens
It can't stay good forever in the end

If I could take you by the hand
and lead you through my head
I'd show you all the things
I never knew I should have said
It don't matter that it's over
It don't matter when
It can't stay good forever
in the end.

When the Devil drew the world with her feathered fountain pen
She took her thumb and smudged the ink around the hearts of decent men
She said "you've got nothing to lose, so live it up and tear it down..."
"...and if you choose to do it right, well then I'll see you underground."

(chorus)
See you in Hell, boy, I'll...
See you in Hell
See you in Hell, boy, I'll...
See you in Hell...

All the hills and mountains count the hours to 2012
When science shakes religion's hand and the icecaps finally melt
Down there in her dungeon with her bony arms out wide
She'll beckon you in with a grin, then she'll shuffle you inside

(chorus)

In every man there's a second heart
A second heart that yearns on its own
In every woman, a second heart
A second heart that beats on its own...

In every man there's a second mind
A second mind that thinks on its own
In every woman, a second mind
A second mind that dreams on its own...

In every man there's a second soul
A second soul that sins on its own
In every woman, a second soul
A second soul with sins of her own...

In every man there's a second heart...
In every woman, a second heart...

Lord I love my rock & roll
Old lady devil gonna eat my soul

Been to the bottom of the bottle
Old lady devil gonna eat, gonna eat my soul

Lord I lied and I stole
Old lady devil gonna eat my soul
Lived my life by the pistol
Old lady devil gonna eat, gonna eat my soul

Lord I hope I never grow old
Old lady devil gonna eat my soul
I ride all night, no end in sight
Old lady devil gonna eat, gonna eat my soul

Lord I left my best girl cold
Old lady devil gonna eat my soul
She had flashing eyes, wouldn't let me roam
Old lady devil gonna eat, gonna eat my soul

That lonesome grave is her final home
Old lady devil gonna eat my soul
Won't see her in Heaven, but down below
Old lady devil gonna eat, gonna eat my soul

Her life in my hands, it took it's toll
Old lady devil gonna eat my soul
My whiskey, my pistol, still on that road
Old lady devil gonna eat, gonna eat my soul

I've never seen a thing as lonely as your face
The stars shake our eyes, there's no time for this and no place
Heartache's rolling fast, a train upon its tracks
We all know these are the words that we can never take back

We're lost (lost, lost) with our lowdown friends
We're lost (lost, lost) in Chicago again

The wine is always right on these crazy, train-wreck nights
The smokes are always gone and no one's got a light
The show is now long past, there's wine spilled in my car
You always drive too fast, and you always go too far

We're lost (lost, lost) with our lowdown friends
We're lost (lost, lost) in the Rust Belt again

Tonight I'm driving home, it's 3 or 4 am
I want to call you now and pick you up again
We're many miles gone, held seperate by state lines
I steer the car your way for more whiskey, land-locked crimes

We're lost (lost, lost) with our lowdown friends
We're lost (lost, lost) in Chicago again
We're lost (lost, lost) with our lowdown friends
We're lost (lost, lost) in the Rust Belt again

When I ran to your dead house, I ran too far
When I ran to your dead house, I ran too far
I didn't know where to go...
I wished upon a star

When you drove out late last night, you drove too fast
When you drove out late last night, you drove too fast
You went until you'd never stop...
Drove right into my past

When I went to your dead house, I went too far
When I ran to your dead house, I ran too far
You told me once I'd never leave...
Our love leaves nasty scars

When I put on my glasses
I see monkeys swinging on telephone poles
When I put on my glasses
Crocodiles crawl out of sewer grate holes
When I put on my glasses
I can see deep into the throat of a goat
When I put on my glasses
I look like that woman from Murder She Wrote

But when I take off my glasses...
My eyes will be nothing but two gaping holes