I've been down hard at bay, I've been down, I've been down hard at bay. Oh, princess the day we met, Oh, princess the day we met. I've been down hard at bay, I've been down, I've been down hard at bay. Oh, princess the day we met, Oh, princess the day we met. Shadows down, dust falls in our sleep. Moonlight spills on comic books and superstars in magazines. An old friend calls and tells us why to meet. A plane takes off from Baltimore and touches down on Bourbon Street. We sit outside and argue all night long. About a God we've never seen but never fails to side with me. Sunday comes and all the papers say, Mother Teresa's joined the mob and happy with her full-time job. I've been down hard at bay, I've been down, I've been down hard at bay. Oh, princess the day we met, Oh, princess the day we met. I've been down hard at bay, I've been down, I've been down hard at bay. Oh, princess the day we met, Oh, princess the day we met. My life, the thoughts that drift away. The summer come for everyone, can humans do what prophets say? And if I die before I learn to speak, Can money pay for all the days I lived away but half asleep? Life is time, they teach you growing up. The seconds ticking kill the song, a million years before the fall. You ride the waves and don't ask where they go. You swim like lions through the crest and bathe yourself in zebra flesh. I've been down hard at bay, I've been down, I've been down hard at bay. Oh, princess the day we met, Oh, princess the day we met.