I keep you in the corner of my mind
Where I can find you
In the dark, in the bleak, in the real sad times
Yea, I don't need you lord-
When I'm doing fine
I'll go my own way
But I can't let you go, even when I try
And I try
I only call you when I'm losing
I only need you when I'm high and dry
Like a cigarette or the bottle, my friend
Thirsty at the river's end
Forgive me for my sins
I like the way it feels to burn in my pain
And then I wonder why your voice seems so far away
Like a pawn in the way of a check-mate
I keep you at arms length-
I only call you when I'm losin
I only need you when I'm high and dry
Like a cigarette or the bottle, my friend
Thirsty at the river's end
And I've tried to control it
I'm a slave to the flesh
And you know it
But you saved the worst parts of me
And now I've gotta learn what it means to be free