Stay Loose (Live)

I was choking on a cornflake
You said, "Have some toast instead"
I was sleeping maybe three hours
You said, "You should get to bed"
I was waiting at the church door
For the minister to show
I was looking at the new year
You said, "Walk before you crawl"

I was feeling like a loser
You said, "Hey, you've still got me"
I was feeling pretty lonely
You said you wanted to be free
I was looking for a good time
You said, "Let the good times start"
And with a quiver of your eyelids
You took on someone else's heart

But what about me?
I don't really see
How things will improve
All you want is to stay

Maybe I'm a little greedy
You said, "Think before you speak"
Sometimes I'm a little seedy
You said, "Everyone is weak"
But now I feel a little better
Is there something I can do?
But I never heard the answer
I never had a clue

What about me?
I don't really see
How things will improve
All you want is to stay

The lights are out in the house tonight
Gonna creep around, gonna creep into your head
All you want is to stay loose

But my faith is like a bullet
My belief is like a bolt
The only thing that lets me sleep at night
A little carriage of the salt
If it starts a little bleaker
Then this year could then be gold
Happiness is not for keeping
Happiness is not my goal

So what about me?
I don't really see
How things will improve
All you want is to stay loose
So what about them?
You play mother hen
To a gaggle of gangling youth
All you want is to stay

The lights are out in the house tonight
Gonna creep around, gonna creep into your head
All you want is to stay

I was living through the seconds
My composure was a mess
I was miles from tenderness
It was dark outside
The day it was broken in pieces
Everything is dark and dreary
I couldn't care what's in the news
Television is the blues
Television is hysterical laughter of people
But I know it could be me
I'm always asking for more, more
I keep running round in circles
I keep looking for the doorway
I'm gonna need two lives
To follow the path I've been taking