Well, I'm stranded in the city that never sleepsSome of these women they just give me the creepsI'm avoidin' the Southside the best I canThese memories I got, they can strangle a manWell I came ashore in the dead of the nightLot of things can get in the way when you're tryin' to do what's rightYou don't understand it - my feelings for youYou'd be honest with me if only you knewI'm not sorry for nothin' I've doneI'm glad I fought - I only wish we'd wonThe Siamese twins are comin' to townPeople can't wait - they're gathered aroundWhen I left my home the sky split open wideI never wanted to go back there - I'd rather have diedYou don't understand it - my feelings for youYou'd be honest with me if only you knewMy woman got a face like a teddy bearShe's tossin' a baseball bat in the airThe meat is so tough you can't cut it with a swordI'm crashin' my car, trunk first into the boardsYou say my eyes are pretty and my smile is niceWell, I'll sell it to ya at a reduced priceYou don't understand it - my feelings for youYou'd be honest with me, if only you knewSome things are too terrible to be trueI won't come here no more if it bothers youThe Southern Pacific leaving at nine forty-fiveI'm having a hard time believin' some people were ever aliveI'm stark naked, but I don't careI'm going off into the woods, I'm huntin' bareYou don't understand it - my feelings for youWell, you'd be honest with me if only you knewI'm here to create the new imperial empireI'm going to do whatever circumstances requireI care so much for you - didn't think that I couldI can't tell my heart that you're no goodWell, my parents they warned me not to waste my yearsAnd I still got their advice oozing out of my earsYou don't understand it - my feelings for youWell, you'd be honest with me if only you knew