The Message

It's like a jungle sometimes
It makes me wonder how I keep from goin' under
It's like a jungle sometimes 
It makes me wonder how I keep from goin' under 

Broken glass everywhere
People [bad word]  on the stairs, you know they just don't care 
I can't take the smell, can't take the noise 
Got no money to move out, I guess I got no choice 
Rats in the front room, roaches in the back 
Junkies in the alley with a baseball bat 
I tried to get away but I couldn't get far 
'cuz a man with a tow truck repossessed my car 

Don't push me 'cuz I'm close to the edge 
I'm trying not to lose my head 
Uh huh ha ha ha 
It's like a jungle sometimes 
It makes me wonder how I keep from goin' under 

Standin' on the front stoop hangin' out the window 
Watchin' all the cars go by, roarin' as the breezes blow 
Crazy lady, livin' in a bag 
Eatin' outta garbage pails, used to be a [bad word] hag 
Said she'll dance the tango, skip the light fandango 
Zircon princess seemed to lost her senses 
Down at the peep show watchin' all the creeps 
So she can tell her stories to the girls back home 
She went to the city and got so so seditty 
She had to get a pimp, she couldn't make it on her own 

Don't push me 'cuz I'm close to the edge 
I'm trying not to lose my head 
Uh huh ha ha ha 

It's like a jungle sometimes 
It makes me wonder how I keep from goin' under 
It's like a jungle sometimes 
It makes me wonder how I keep from goin' under 

My brother's doin' bad, stole my mother's TV 
Says she watches too much, it's just not healthy 
"All My Children" in the daytime, "Dallas" at night 
Can't even see the game or the Sugar Ray fight 
The bill collectors, they ring my phone 
and scare my wife when I'm not home 
Got a bum education, double-digit inflation 
Can't take the train to the job, there's a strike at the station 
Neon King Kong standin' on my back 
Can't stop to turn around, broke my sacroiliac 
mid-range migraine, cancered membrane 
Sometimes I think I'm goin' insane 
I swear I might hijack a plane! 

Don't push me 'cuz I'm close to the edge 
I'm trying not to lose my head 
It's like a jungle sometimes 
It makes me wonder how I keep from goin' under 
It's like a jungle sometimes 
It makes me wonder how I keep from goin' under 

My son said, Daddy, I don't wanna go to school 
'cuz the teacher's a jerk, he must think I'm a fool 
And all the kids smoke reefer, I think it'd be cheaper 
if I just got a job, learned to be a street sweeper 
Or dance to the beat, shuffle my feet 
Wear a shirt and tie and run with the creeps 
'cuz it's all about money, ain't a [bad word] thing funny 
You got to have a con in this land of milk and honey 
They pushed that girl in front of the train 
Took her to the doctor, sewed her arm on again 
Stabbed that man right in his heart 
Gave him a transplant for a brand new start 
I can't walk through the park 'cuz it's crazy after dark 
Keep my hand on my gun 'cuz they got me on the run 
I feel like a outlaw, broke my last glass jaw 
Hear them say "You want some more?" 
Livin' on a see-saw 

Don't push me 'cuz I'm close to the edge 
I'm trying not to lose my head 
Say what? 

It's like a jungle sometimes 
It makes me wonder how I keep from goin' under 
It's like a jungle sometimes 
It makes me wonder how I keep from goin' under 

It's like a jungle sometimes 
It makes me wonder how I keep from goin' under 

It's like a jungle sometimes 
It makes me wonder how I keep from goin' under 

child is born with no state of mind