these are the breaks.

but the world goes 'round.

sideways down.

maybe i should just move along
but you know i'd draw blood if that's what you want

you found someone who makes you laugh
who'd stick around but that's not what you want

you slipped at the start
and dragged the whole thing sideways down
everybody fucks up
it's just something that's been going 'round

and you found someone who said he'd stay
who'd give it all but that's not good enough

now you're standing alone
and you're living alone cause you don't know what you want
and you're living alone
and you're wondering now, cause you don't know what you've done

maybe i should just disappear for now
then maybe you could see a little clearer now

and you found some one who makes you laugh
who promised you he'd never let you down
and you blame it on your broken heart
but everyone who reaches out gets stung

now you're standing alone
and you're waiting alone cause you don't know what you want
and you're living alone
and you're wondering now cause you don't know what you've done

maybe i should just move along
but you know i'd draw blood
if that's what you want..

trouble child.

Up in a sterilized room
Where they let you be lazy
Knowing your attitude's all wrong
And you got to change
And that's not easy
Dragon shining with all values known
Dazzling you - keeping you from your own
Where is the lion in you to defy him
When you're this weak
And this spacey...

So what are you going to do about it
You can't live life and you can't leave it
Advice and religion - you can't take it
You can't seem to believe it
The peacock is afraid to parade
You're under the thumb of the maid
You really can't give love
in this condition

Still you know how you need it

They open and close you
Then they talk like they know you
They don't know you
They're friends and they're foes too
Trouble child
Breaking like the waves at Malibu

So why does it come as such a shock
To know you really have no one
Only a river of changing faces
Looking for an ocean
They trickle through your leaky plans
Another dream over the dam
And you're lying in some room
Feeling like your right to be human
Is going over too
Well some are going to knock you
And some'll try to clock you
You know it's really hard
To talk sense to you
Trouble child
Breaking like the waves at Malibu

the party's over.