Friends and Lovers

Johnny made a record, went straight to number one
Chewin' pills like she was starvin' for a taste of relief
Got a little fortune, lost his breaks in the rain, ooh

Days I've seen make a priest lose his beliefs
Are all the same when they can't take no more
Betta' cut deep 'fore you go to sleep
But Johnny had a little fascination with guns
All my friends and all my lovers are dead
All my friends and all my lovers are dead

'Cause all my friends and all my lovers are dead

Seen runnin' down the avenue
'Cause all my friends and all my lovers are dead
Found him lifeless as a log in the Mississippi river
And cocaine, he couldn't stand to take the slow train
Tara was a stripper
Tara done that shit with a smile on her face and her hand on her liver
The filthy rich and the dirt, dirt poor
Some from cheap narcotics and others from lead
Whether you come from the slums or live in Malibu

Like Kathy crawlin' 'cross the carpet in the bloodstained briefs
'Cause all my friends and all my lovers are dead
But I ain't mad, I forgive her
But in the morning you're the one who gonna have to clean

On the breakfast table, oh yes
Some from cheap narcotics and others from lead
The filthy rich and the dirt, dirt poor
Her last wind was in the trash can, couldn't beat the disease
And that same man's queen but in the monster truck and hit him
A slit wrist leaves a mess
Are all the same when they can't take no more

Seen him knock a man clean out his corduroy slippers
Lean Lee Tucker was a mean motherfucker
Are all the same when they can't take no more
Mickey Avalon with an attitude
What to do when your luck is through?
The filthy rich and the dirt, dirt poor