Oh this hurricanes blowing us thin 
This never ending swirl of American sin 
Where I strayed on my knees to a bottomless cage 
Where they throw dollar bills and hope to be saved 
The poshest scarf on the warmest day 
Its enough to make you give up .she says... 
I know I know I know it shows 
As we sleep in this broken Cadillac 
We watch the world leave it doesnt look back 
I gotta say thatwhen my heart attacks 
Dont return itit will fire right back... 
So lets just lie here as they paint us black 
Oh this earthquake is shaking our hands 
Free at the wrists just as we started a dance 
The hardest thing next to diamond rings 
Is the coats we have to wear just to make ends meet 
I got this year and fifty more to beat 
Its enough to make you give up.she says 
I know I know I know.so let go 
The nervous ticks only the holy get 
The country treats as the cities get sick 
The lunatics and the Harlem tricks 
The country treats as we all get sick