Take a run round the cannery Smells like death and fish today What's left of humanity floats lifeless out here in the bay Maybe I'll get a place round here Two bedrooms and a sunset deck Food is good, the ocean's near, enough to keep my soul in check But I won't have a telephone So no one can tell me how you are Thousand miles from your home Local bus won't go that far, that far Chorus: This could be the kind of place Where I pretend that I fit in No one asks me who I am What I've done Where I've been Hang around for a couple of years 'Til the coast is clear, movin' along You'll never find me here We'll let the bygones be gone, be gone Take a run to the Canyon Bridge People living in a river bed Dogs bark on the ridge In a mockery of the things I said Maybe I'll get a job 'round here Run the lights in a discotech Food is good and the girls are clear Enough to keep my heart in check But I won't have a stereo So I can't play your favorite song Burn the book where I keep my notes About the way that I did you wrong, you wrong (Chorus) Head down to the local bar Wish that I could drink that bottle there Hang around with the movie stars But the movie stars said I drank my share Maybe I could find a girl who doesn't know what I put you through Treat her like the queen of the world Forget the way I treated you Late at night when I call your name She won't have to understand About the ropes and all my hopes Just how sorry that I am, that I am (Chorus x2)