Applicant at Methadone Center

Chase the cold turkey blues,
and get the bread for the next fix,
two C's worth of stuff for the day,
had to rip off some dudes,
early in the morning,
'round Chelsea,
last one gave me static,
and I cooled him with my blade,
stuck him good,
and split
before the pigs came,
brought the loot
to the connection,
and got me a quarter of dope,
took it to the shooting gallery,
and got me a high,
not as good as it used to be,
there's just never enough...
but man, I'm tired of this hassle,
running, going nowhere,
worrying about tomorrow's rip-off,
gimme a chance, man,
put me on today,
I'm beat, so damn beat,
tired of cutting dudes,
tired of the street...
I want to be like them dudes,
with the ties, all clean and nice...

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2005 Alfred Charasz