It wasn't me, I wasn't there

I was just watching from over here

And besides, I couldn't afford the bus fare

In Hollywood and Washington

They shake and smile through the harm they've done

But it's your little red wagon and you gotta pull it



It'll take a lifetime to clear your name

Under the bridges of fame it's always nighttime

It wasn't me, I wasn't there

I was stone drunk, it isn't clear

And it doesn't count cause I don't care

The years transform my memories

Of all the countless decades of grief

It was cut and run in '91



Put yourselves in a straightjacket

But when you're pleading

Saying it's no cheaper than humiliation

That's free...

That's free...

That's free...



I've gone and quit my worshipping

Of the false gods and golden sins

Cause we've made love in the Tower of Babel and it fell down



It wasn't me, I wasn't there

That was not my love affair

That is not my lover, that's not even my friend

It wasn't me, I wasn't there

I was stone drunk, it isn't clear

And it doesn't count cause I don't care



But I use a pop song to clear my name

Under the bridges of fame it's always nighttime