The Country Diary of a Subway Conductor

In 1984 I was hospitalized for approaching perfection 
  Slowly screwing my way across Europe, they had to make a correction 
  Broken and smoking where the infrared deer plunge in the digital snake 
  I tell you, they make it so you can't shake hands when they make your hands shake 

  I know you like to line dance 
  Everything so democratic and cool 
  But baby, there's no guidance when random rules 

  I know that a lot of what I say has been lifted off of men's room walls 
  Maybe I've crossed the wrong rivers and walked down all the wrong halls 
  But nothing can change the fact that we used to share a bed 
  And that's why it scared me so when you turned to me and said 

  Yeah, you look like someone 
  Yeah, you like someone who up and left me low 
  Boy, you look like someone I used to know 

  I know you like to line dance 
  Everything so democratic and cool 
  But baby, there's no guidance when random rules 

  I asked a painter why the roads are colored black 
  He said, "Steve, it's because people leave and no highway will bring them back" 
  So if you don't want me, I promise not to linger 
  But before I go, I gotta ask you, dear, about the tan line on your ring finger 

  No one should have two lives 
  Now you know my middle names are wrong and right 
  Honey, we've got two lives to give tonight 

  To give tonight 
  To give tonight