I sleep in the daytime, I work in the nighttime
You oughta know not to stand by the window
Don't even know my real name
Everything's ready to roll
I ain't got time for that now
I'm getting used to it now
The sound of gunfire, off in the distance
Or in a suit and a tie
But I ain't got no speakers, ain't got no headphones
Can't write a letter, I can't send a postcard
This ain't no party, this ain't no disco
Heard of some grave sites, out by the highway
I ain't got time for that now
This ain't no fooling around
No time for dancing, or lovey dovey
This ain't no party, this ain't no disco
I got three passports, couple of visas
I've lived all over this town
I got some groceries, some peanut butter
This ain't no fooling around
This ain't no fooling around
They won't help me survive
Somebody see you up there
Don't know what I look like
High on a hillside, trucks are loading
To last a couple of days
I might not ever get home
Heard about Houston? Heard about Detroit?
My chest is aching and it burns like a furnace
This ain't no party, this ain't no disco
Gonna be different this time
We make a pretty good team
You make me shiver, I feel so tender
Changed my hairstyle so many times now
But I ain't got no time for that now
I can't write nothing at all
Don't get exhausted, I'll do some driving
Ain't got no records to play
This ain't no mudd club, or C.B.G.B
No time for dancing, or lovey dovey
Trouble in transit, got through the roadblock
This ain't no fooling around
We blended in with the crowd
Place where nobody knows
Lived in a brownstone, I lived in the ghetto
This ain't no party, this ain't no disco
Transmit the message to the receiver
Heard about Pittsburgh, PA?
Hope for an answer some day
Why stay in college? Why go to night school?
I ain't got time for that now
I know that ain't allowed
Burned all my notebooks, what good are notebooks?
We dress like students, we dress like housewives
You ought to get you some sleep
We got computers, we're tapping phone lines
I'd love you hold you, I'd like to kiss you
