I was walking down the river

Playing solitary quiver

I was thinking about a million different lives She came dancing up a mountain

Spread her whiteness like a fountain

And an hint of broken turquoise in her eyes She came all the way to say I didn't stand

A single chance the state that I was in I said, "Your soul is swaying"

She said, "Hey that's a pretty saying

But unfortunately it is not true"

She said, "You're just looking for another to love you" Now we all know the world is dying

And expenses multiplying

But you could try to take it easy too

Let me take you for a ride I will take you for a ride

'Cause in time you'll be mine

When you're mine

It'll be oh so fine, yeah At the time I wasn't feeling that good

At the time I wasn't feeling that good

I wasn't longing for a strange delight

I wasn't flashing on the dark of night

I wasn't going for no periodic mood I wasn't suffering no odd decease

I never thought of it as no unease

But when it called me I just had to let it loose

It never made me wonder or even think Just merely tapping tapping on my instinct

It left me there but I wasn't left to choose

Now I heard stories about this kind of thing

It haphazardly just sucks you in

Makes you do stuff you never thought you'd do One night it drove me to despair

What if anybody had seen me there?

To this day I still wonder how they knew They started spreading rumors about my state

You know how it goes around this place

Now and then they just need someone to screw My senses numb but I could feel

Four, five years been taken out of me

If you'd ask me, there's no way I could prove The smell of hysteria was chemical

The air around me thick and physical

My mind was racing but myself I couldn't move

It had me running, running, running Now I heard stories this kind of thing

It doesn't lose it just let's you win

With a little bit of luck you don't come out too bruised Such anger that I couldn't vent

So much energy I couldn't spend

It would have *** me over

If I hadn't cut it loose, yeah I wasn't suffering no odd decease

I never thought of it as no unease

Next time it calls me I'll be ready

'Cause I know I'll be ready

I'll be ready