I am the swingin’ man perpetually on the lam

Free as a bird or the girls in Amsterdam

Yellow taxi ride hey I never exercise

The devil when I speak or when I rise



Buddy Holly told me you can’t save rock n roll

It’s only for the lonely boys and girls



I’m a courageous cat down at the Laundromat

A sacred cow I never took a vow

Like old buildings and whores

Politicians and wars

All get respect man if they last this long

They used to call her Mary

But she changed her name to Raph

Life was something scary till she laughed

We never had a baby but she got more tattoos

And I got more material for the blues



Summer’s rolling in

I want to lose this skin

They call it art but sometimes it’s just a sin



I am a swingin’ man

Hey I smile on command

I don’t know when or how you got to me

We never had a baby but she got more tattoos

And I got more material for the blues