A Drug Addicts Lament

A DRUG ADDICT'S LAMENT KENSINGTON AVE IS WHERE I FIX A PLACE WHERE LADIES PLY THEIR TRICKS BUT UNDERSTAND THERE IS A FEE KENSINGTON AVE IS NEVER FREE WALKING NOW I’VE GOT THE SHAKES GET THERE SOON IS ALL IT TAKES THE CITY HAS ME IN A RUT EMPTINESS ROLLS AROUND MY GUT JUDY’S THERE SHE DOESN’T CARE FAST EDDIE HAS HIS DISTANT STARE AND THEN THERE’S ME NOT MUCH TO SEE I WALK WITH LONG LOST DIGNITY THREE TIMES I QUIT BUT DIDN’T FIT WITH PEOPLE WHO SURROUNDED ME BUT WHEN I GOT THAT SPECIAL DRUG, LIFE TO ME WAS JUST A SHRUG I’M SWEATING NOW BUT STILL FEEL COLD A PART OF COMING DOWN I’M TOLD I’M SLOWING NOW AND FEELING PAIN BUT SOON I’LL BE ON HAPPY LANE KENSINGTON CALLS OUT TO ME JUST LIKE LADY LIBERTY GETTING RIGHT IS JUST THE KEY TO LET MY TORTURED MIND BE FREE AND AS I THIRST TO LIFT THE CURSE THAT’S ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF ME RETURN I MUST BECAUSE I LUST TO PUT THAT DRUG INSIDE OF ME AND AS IT ENTERS THROUGH THE SKIN IT BECOMES MY SPECIAL FRIEND BUT NOW I KNOW IT WON’T BE LONG BEFORE MY SPECIAL FRIEND IS GONE KENSINGTON CALLS OUT TO ME IT DRAWS ME LIKE A FLAME IT SINGS ITS SWEET SONG OUT TO ME BUT ALWAYS ENDS THE SAME