[Verse 1]I make myself a promise (Yup!)Then break it every nightI'm feeling loose and life don't make no senseI use my brains to build a fence'Round the claim I stakeI take the drugs but the drugs won't take[Verse 2]I took a pledge to grow upThen drank enough to make me throw upOn all my dearly disappointed friendsI'm just too lazy to make amendsWith you anywayThat's why the pattern still remains[Chorus]There's half a million things that I'm supposed to beShelter in the nighttimeA punk running freeAnd if it gets too deepI reach for my guitarAnd if I try hard[Post-Chorus]I find something I could really drop intoAnd everything that was is just a thing that I can singEverything is something next to nothingAs crazy as it seems, you give it up and you are free[Verse 2]Another candle to blow outNew set of dark thoughts to shut outAnd everybody's got their remediesBut nothing works like chemistrySo raise a toastNo more sipping from the fire hose[Chorus]There's half a million things that I'm supposed to beShelter in the nighttimeA punk running freeAnd if it gets too deepI reach for my guitarAnd if I try hard[Post-Chorus]I find something I could really drop intoAnd everything that was is just a thing that I can singEverything is something next to nothingAs crazy as it seems, you give it up and you are free[Bridge]There's half a million things that you're supposed to beA virgin in the moonlightA freak on the sceneAnd if it gets too deepYou reach for your guitarAnd if you try hard[Chorus]There's half a million things that I'm supposed to beShelter in the nighttimeA punk running freeAnd if it gets too deepI reach for my guitarAnd if I try hard[Outro]There's half a million things that I'm supposed to beA shelter in the nighttimeA punk running freeAnd if it gets too deepI reach for my guitarAnd if I try hard
