[Verse 1]
I live in Los Angeles
There's a lot of missing stares
And I walk down the street and I
Try to feel a beat in a heart
But it's so hard to understand
And people walk around in their pretty outfits
And people walk around with their pretty girls
And everyone's got somewhere
And someplace to go
And some friends, and some drinks
And some things, and some things
And I, I once met an older man
And he was wholeless and did exactly
What she can
To get by in this cold world
To get by in this cold world

[Chorus 1]
And he said baby
You must stand our stand
And he said baby
You must stand our stand
You're poisoned
By everything I loved
You're poisoned
By everything I loved
You're poisoned
By everything I loved
You're poisoned
By everything I loved
Everything I loved
[Verse 2]
I once was a little, tiny girl
Yes, like you, I was a little, tiny child
With eyes so ready for the world
With eyes so ready to cry and lie and die
And find that nothing really is free
Not the birds, no, nor just the wee little
Laughing little bees
You made a mockery of me
Oh, you made a mockery of me, of me

[Chorus 2]
And he said baby
You must stand our stand
And he said baby
You must stand our stand
You're poisoned
By everything you hold
You're poisoned
By everything you hold
You're poisoned
By everything you hold
You're poisoned
By everything you hold
By everything you hold