[Verse 1]
Well, I'm staring at an unfamiliar ceiling
And I should leave
'Cause everybody here is tripping some new drug, except for me
Why? ...'cause I don't have the money
And I have been thinkin' about letting my hair grow
I have been thinkin' about cutting it short
I have been thinkin' about dying it yellow
But I don't think I have the bone structure or wardrobe to support
That type of look

[Chorus]
So, I will tattoo my poems all over my body
They won't know who I was before
And I will cut off my fingers, no ID to find me
When I am washed up on the New Jersey shore
The New Jersey shore

[Verse 2]
I talk to myself too much, too often
Tryin' hard to figure out
Why the feelings that lie in my stomach
Are always pushing for my mouth
So, I will learn to sleep on my chest
And I will learn to let things go
And I will learn to come to terms
With the things that I will never know
I will never know
I will never know
[Chorus]
So, I will tattoo my poems all over my body
They won't know who I was before
And I will cut off my fingers, no ID to find me
When I am washed up on the New Jersey shore
The New Jersey shore

[Bridge]
And I will take what I can get
I'll take what I am given
But we both know that I'll need more
No, no, I take what I can get
I'll take what I am given
But we both know that I'll need more
No, no, I take what I can get
I'll take what I am given
But we both know that I'll need more
No, no, I take what I can get
I'll take what I am given
But we both know that I'll need more
So much more
I'll need so much more

[Chorus]
So, I will tattoo my poems all over my body
They won't know who I was before
And I will cut off my fingers, no ID to find me
When I am washed up on the New Jersey shore
So, I will tattoo my poems all over my body
They won't know who I was before
And I will cut off my fingers, no ID to find me
When I am washed up on the New Jersey shore
The New Jersey shore