Oh yeah
Well I could see it, feel it
The spirit as it was leaving my body
No, it would not stay for a while
I turned and watched it crawl away
So far away, I could not see that far

And all those things I held so sacred (for every goddamn thing)
That's failed me, they betray me
These pins, these needles
They never leave me
This crooked cross is bleeding deeply
Let the wine fill my veins (momma, won't somebody get me high)
Bring the time to change my mind (momma, please let me forget)
Wash away this dirty soul
This dirty soul of mine

The curtain it slowly closes
The players how they quickly change around you
Not a trace, huh, no familiar face
Only the soundtrack and the bruises we keep to ourselves (mmm, yeah)

I reach out and I wait forever
I speak out and my thoughts die
My cross is crooked
My spirit is denied (yeah, oh)
Let the smoke close my eyes (momma, won't somebody get me high)
Bring the time to change my mind (show me the way, baby)
Wash away this dirty soul (let me in, yeah)
This dirty soul of mine (yeah, let me in, uh huh)
See this man is waiting (I'm tired of waiting, yeah)
In the park, it's raining so hard (in the park it's raining)
Wash away this dirty soul (uh, yeah, ahh, yeah)
This dirty soul of mine (ahh)
Why can't you feel me? (yeah, ahh)

Some say (some say, some say, some say)
The world's dying (the world is dying)
Nothing stays the same (some say)
Nothing good remains (nothing good remains, no)
No one ever stays (nothing stays the same)
Feelings always fade away (no one ever stays)
People change and lives are destroyed
Well, I will never walk with you again
Never again will we share the days my friend
Oh, my friend
Oh, my sweet friend
[? something in Spanish here]

Let the smoke close my eyes
Bring the time to change my mind
Wash away this soul
Wash away this soul