The pawnbroker roared
Also, so, so did the landlord
The scene was so crazy, wasn´t it?
Both were so glad
To watch me destroy what I had

Pain sure brings out the best in people, doesn´t it?
Why didn´t you just leave me if you didn´t want to stay?
Why´d you have to treat me so bad?
Did it have to be that way?
Now you stand here expectin´ me to remember somethin´ you forgot to say
Yes, and you, I see you´re still with her, well
That´s fine ´cause she´s comin´ on so strange, can´t you tell?
Somebody had better explain
She´s got her iron chain
I´d do it, but I, I just can´t remember how
You talk to her
She´s your lover now.

I already assumed

That we´re in the felony room
But I ain´t a judge, you don´t have to be nice to me
But please tell that
To your friend in the cowboy hat
You know he keeps on sayin´ ev´rythin´ twice to me
You know I was straight with you
You know I´ve never tried to change you in any way
You know if you didn´t want to be with me
That you could . . . didn´t have to stay.
Now you stand here sayin´ you forgive and forget. Honey, what can I say?
Yes, you, you just sit around and ask for ashtrays, can´t you reach?
I see you kiss her on the cheek ev´rytime she gives a speech

With her picture books of the pyramid
And her postcards of Billy the Kid
(Why must everybody bow?)
You better talk to her ´bout it
You´re her lover now.

Oh, ev´rybody that cares
Is goin´ up the castle stairs
But I´m not up in your castle, honey
It´s true, I just can´t recall
San Francisco at all
I can´t even remember El Paso, uh, honey
You never had to be faithful
I didn´t want you to grieve
Oh, why was it so hard for you
If you didn´t want to be with me, just to leave?
Now you stand here while your finger´s goin´ up my sleeve

An´ you, just what do you do anyway? Ain´t there nothin´ you can say?
She´ll be standin´ on the bar soon
With a fish head an´ a harpoon
An´ a fake beard plastered on her brow
You´d better do somethin´ quick
She´s your lover now.