Tom-All-Alone's Lyrics

Spending every penny that I ever touch

Down among the sewers where there's no room for luck

I've got a niner in my pocket that I think is gonna buck

There's bound to be some bloodshed when a poor man gets stuck

I need to run and run and run and run away

I'm like a shark I'll die if I stay in one place

Too long—it's a race!

I'm out among the coffins where the ditch diggers hide

Got nothing in the pantry but I'm taking it in stride

If you're wonderin' at the bottles or the fury in my eyes

It's just what comes a-knockin' when there's no hope for miles

I need to run and run and run and run away from here

I'm like a shark I'll die if I stay in one place

Too long—it's a race!

Tell me what scares you most I'll do it tenfold

It's not about redemption I don't see a higher road

People lose their charm when they're old enough to know:

the universe won't save you down at Tom-All-Alone's

Do you ever hate yourself so much you can't breathe?

Well it's like that now but even my own mother wouldn't grieve

If I kicked the bucket, gave my young soul a squeeze

I can't help thinking that's what's waiting for me when I freeze

So I need to run and run and run and run away from here

I'm like a shark I'll die if I stay in one place

Too long—it's a race!

I need to find some room in time and space

THERE'S NONE