needle time

i wish that i didn't hate you

least not as much as i do

and squander all my contempt for

a little nothing like you

liars like you are ten-a-penny

women would slap you

if you knew any

sometimes i feel just like committing a crime

i've got this suitcase of phony wisdom to dispense

these twenty-seven or so years

you'd think i made them some cents

now they want me fingerprinted

like i was smuggling drugs

while the government does deals with the most convenient thugs

sometimes i feel just like committing a crime

it's needle time

i'm trying not to despise you with a passion that is hard to extinguish

or maybe i really love you

although it's hard to distinguish

i wish i could be

a little more like a saint is

forgiving those who trespass against us

sometimes i feel just like committing a crime

i started talking nonsense

just like i did to begin with

around the time i tired of those sour english

sometimes i feel just like committing a crime

it's needle time