Living on them pills lying in squalor
That's the life of the late night bar crawler
Most outrageous man I met he once said
"I could take a belly full of lead
and wouldn't wind up dead. "
He wants his song to make you shiver a little
like there's a ghost coming your way
Have you ever been told that something's forever
and had your heart broken the very next day

Shout it from the rooftop
You can shout it from the rooftop
But you can't tell it to the paper
they've already been paid

To be ten different people that's easy
it's easier than being yourself
I'm the one off pretender I'm not happy
picking life off the shelf
He taught me, time wasted, is time spent well
The mans dead if he doesn't have a story to tell
Dead if he's lying in a dirty jail cell

Cause when your down they'll kick you
the jury doesn't matter at all
The jury doesn't matter at all
Tell me officer when your baton kissed me
did it make you feel tall?

And no one asked you where you come from
No one told you of these times
And no one asked you where you come from
No one told you of these times

This is your life don't waste it
Why don't you run away?
A man to reckon with he knows how to persuade
Says you won't get a suntan
in this government shade (shade)
Does it make you quiver a little
the way they say (quiver a little)
"We're gonna fuck you, take a little bit
of freedom away every day! "

You can shout it from the rooftops
You can shout it from the rooftops
You can shout it from the rooftops
But you can't tell it to the paper
they've already been paid