[Verse 1]
Well, I can see my teenage father standin' straight on a desolate corner
In a shadow of tentacled towers by the red light of America
I imagine how his mother felt
When she heard that her husband was dyin'
And the underground heroes of the tarmac, shootin' smack
Were blowin' up worlds, and damned out loud
Hey, can you tell me, how does it feel?

[Chorus]
Yeah, tell me
Can you imagine for a second
Doin' anything that you don't have to?
Well, that's what I'm accustomed to, so hooray for me...
And fuck you!

[Verse 2]
When I slept with stony faces on the riverbank
My angel-devil reveler shook me desperately and dyin'
I don't exactly want to apologize for anything
And now we're all mad and tangled
In secret rooms with Roman candles
On an endless graveyard train

[Chorus]
Yeah, tell me
Can you imagine for a second
Doin' anything just 'cause you want to?
Well, that's just what I do, so hooray for me...
And fuck you!
[Bridge]
Yeah, I was dreamin' through the "how's life," yawning, car black headlamp night
She told me, "Mad and meaningless as ever"
And a song came on my radio like a cemetery rhyme
For a million crying corpses in their tragedy
Of respectable existence

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]
Tell me
Can you imagine for a second
Tryin' half the things you ever wanted to?
Well, that's just what I do, so hooray for me...
Oh yeah

[Outro]
I'm unrespectable, never sensible
Maybe incredible, so damn irascible
I like the things I do, so hooray for me...
And fuck you!