Medicine Man

He slipped his pills in your mouth

His wine washed it all down

In that unholy desert town

And when you fell to the ground

The strangers crowded around

And your ears entertained the muffled sounds

Of stilettoed heals

And the DJ's appeals

To the sedated Las Vegas crowd

But that's the price that you pay

When you resign your fate

To the medicine man that you found

But you don't seek death

You just like to court it by night

So, that when the morning comes

It's just you and the sun

And you've escaped with your life

One more time

The night you mixed the medicines

Like a lab experiment

In the cellars of your anatomy

Did you ever stop to think

Of anyone or anything?

The calls you claim you couldn't see?

And it's so often that you spoke

Of how this life's a fucking joke

And I'll never say I disagreed

But when you take it too far

And you burn out like a star

You know you could've fell on me

Because you never sought death

You just liked to court it by night

So, that when the morning comes

It's just you and the sun

And everything's alright

Alright?