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 next day,
Had to rip off some dudes,
Early in the morning
Around 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 the 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 2006 Alfred Charasz