Number One - A Wilhelm Scream

I took a drag off a cigarette

While I was waiting for the world to end

Taking the piss with this, I’ve just been thinking

There’s some things I could’ve done different

You would’ve and you should’ve but you can’t come up

The demon you’ve been feeding’s got his foot on your throat

The words won’t kill it if you keep them in

So I pick up the pen; hey, that’s the brakes

You go to mice from men

Crawling in the gutter when the snakes get in

I was standing on the corner at Route 6A West

I was not present when the music died

I did a little of this and that

I did a whole lot of no damn good; that’s a fact

But I never sold my soul for this, never will

Still, I consider myself a lucky one

Everybody wants a good train wreck

It entertains them

The days get hot, the storms get wild

The lightning gives it hell; well that’s the brakes

You go to mice from men

Crawling in the gutter when the snakes get in

I was standing on the corner at Route 6A West

I was not present when the music died

You’re not too old

You’ve got a place here

You’re not vulnerable; give it a try

The ones who leave you when you’re wounded

Will be the first in line to say they always knew that you could do it

I got love for the place I live, love for the places I’ve been

I bring the wrath in the right directions

I do what I want

Number one

Number one

Come on, sing the words back to me

We’re here for the beat and your company

It’s so easy to write about sex and blood

And all that shit I got no love for

It’s turning out just like I thought it would

Turning lemons into lemonade so it’s all good

You know I’ve always had love for this, always saw the bright side

Don’t that sound nice? Yeah, that’s the brakes

You go to mice from men

Crawling in the gutter when the snakes get in

I was standing on the corner at Route 6A West

Trying to make sense of this ugly mess

I was not present when the music died

Not present when the music died