Early North Jersey industrial skyline

I'm an all-set cobra jet creepin' through the night time

Gotta find a gas station, gotta find a pay phone

This turnpike sure is spooky at night when you're all alone

I'm living on the edge of the world

Tryin' to get my girl on the line

Livin' on the edge of the world

But I think it's just a waste of my time

Some jerk keeps breaking my connection, girl

'Cause I'm living on the edge of the world



Radio, radio, hear my tale of heartbreak

New Jersey in the morning like a lunar landscape

Got a counter girl at the Exit 24 HoJo

Down past teh refinery towers where the great black river flows

OI'm living on the edge of the world

Tryin' to get a message through

I gotta make a connection, girl

Because I'm living on the edge of the world

Living on the edge of the world



Radio's jammed with gospel stations

Lost souls callin' long distance salvation

Hey mister deejay gotta hear my last prayer

It's a hey ho rock and roll, deliver me from nowhere

I'm living on the edge of the world

Tryin' to get back to you, girl

Living on the edge of the world

Tryin' to get a message through

I gotta make some connection, girl

Because I'm living on the edge of the world

Living on the edge of the world



Now my boss don't dig me 'cause he put me on the night shift

It takes me two hours to get back to where my baby lives

In the wee wee hours my mind gets hazy

Relay towers, won't you lead me to my baby

'Neath the overpass the trooper hits his party lights switch