I was feeling jolly good near Hollywood
But now I'm crashing hard
Playing fast and loose
With a tight-knit noose
When I let down my guard

And just one false move
And just one critical mistake
I'm on the mend
Just one loose bolt
And I fell flat

And I've been here for ninety hours
In these concrete towers
And I can't catch a break
It must've been a dozen times
Before I realized
The pig was on the shame

And just one false move
And just one pivotal mistake
I'm on the mend
Just one loose bolt
And I fell flat

I should have taken off to New Orleans
A cocktail waitress on my arm
You know, I hate it here
Paralyzed with fear
The slow-to-hear alarms
And it's hard to sleep when the shit is ankle-deep
But I still dream
And then I find a way
It's not as bad as it might seem