With the blood in my veins frozen over with tears
Left me there with just your memory
And I did anything that they asked me to do
Tryin' hard to remember what I'm supposed to forget
When the sirens were screamin' and the flames lit the sky
Then they took me inside, threw me up against a wall
Deep down inside I was just a castle of sand
And the young ones passin' by'd say, "How's about you, real hard man"
Hey, I sleep with other women and I hold them through the night
Screamed out for help but you were gone too far
Still got that picture of you locked away from the start
And in the end I did what they told me to do
'Til the bullets exploded on the pavement below
Developing inside my fanatic heart
That look in your eyes on the 12th of July
And you held me so tight, thought you'd never let go
Still got that picture of you locked away from the start
Developing inside my fanatic heart
And they told me to sign things that I knew weren't true
Then they locked me up and threw away the key
Then I laid you down next to a burnt out car
They put electric prods on my chest and my balls
I went around in a daze for a couple of years
Now I walk through New York like a gray silhouette
'Cause all I could see was that picture of you
'Cause all I want to do is just get on with my life
But that picture of you won't let me make a new start
