[Verse 1]
I was standing on a corner
Lost somewhere in America again
You came stumbling out the doorway
Lookin' like a long, lost friend
We were smoking, we were laughing
We were drowning ourselves in medicine
Well, I had never heard the story
I knew exactly how it would end

[Chorus]
Oh, boy of infinite sadness
Full of fire, full of madness
Holding up a mirror for us all
Go on and teach me a lesson
'Cause I've been second-guessing
If the highs are really worth the fall
Because we all fall
And we all fall

[Verse 2]
I remember talking about your father
While Billy Bragg was singing with his son
Yeah, you wept after you told me
That was something that he never would have done
We got up with the curtains
You were drunk and the loudest in the crowd
I had a sneaking suspicion
It was only so you knew you could be found
[Chorus]
Oh, boy of infinite sadness
Full of fire, full of madness
Holding up a mirror for us all
Go on and teach me a lesson
'Cause I've been second-guessing
If the highs are really worth the fall
We all fall
Yeah, we all fall

[Chorus]
A boy of infinite sadness
Full of fire, full of madness
Holding up a mirror for us all
Go on and teach me a lesson
'Cause I've been second-guessing
If the highs are really worth the fall

[Outro]
Oh, son of fame and misfortune
Why are you leaving us so soon?
So much we needed you to say
Songs of love for the lonely
Speak to each of us only
In the quiet at the end of our days
At the end of our days
The end of our days
The end of our days
The end of our days
This is the end of our days