Fifth Avenue Mad Man

I take the easy way out Life's a luggage with knotted cords And walking around with it is hard I take the easy way out From beckoning sorrows deferred Pass lazy neon lights where others erred I take the easy way out Away from the half-nude scent of girls Drowning in their disgust, vomitted pearls I take the easy way out Away from glasses winking with sweaty skin Cold as ice, and bar stools staggering spin I take the easy way out Pass insiduous young men selling relief At conspicuous grocers' door of grief I take the easy way out For I cannot be solved by a chemical solution Gargling through my veins, it's no ablution I take the easy way out Not before a screaming car or in a dismal leap The rope can do that while I sleep I take the easy way out And laugh, because I believe, at everything.