I am just a human being, take my clothes off and you'll see
cut me and I swear I'll bleed, I will, I will
take the fork out of my pocket, stick it in the electrical socket
watch me say I told you so, you're burned from your head to your toes

used to listen to what I say but that was way back yesterday
it's not like that anymore now that trust has gone out the door
so I walk about my feet to leave me swallowing what tries to eat me
my feet drag right behind, my life is my own design

and I will die when I say that it's time
not from this disease I caught out on those new york streets
but I will die young, there's no doubt in that
I'm seventeen years old and I'm as beat up as my hat

but there will come a time when I will walk in a straight line
with one foot in front of the other, with my sisters and my brothers and we will dance
and we will dance oh yes we will
we will dance

I am just a human being, shave my skin off and you'll see
cut me and I swear I'll bleed I will, I will
take the knife out of my pocket, rip my arms out of their sockets
I will watch as you stab me and beg for forgiveness fallin to my knees

then I will cry cause it's not alright
when sorry isn't good enough, the consequences must be tough
but I have thought of all the pain that I've brought
it's eating me alive, I promise you darlin I am dead inside

but you revive me with the [?] in your eyes, see
now that all I do is love you, I swear darlin this is far from over

and there will come a time when I will look back on my life
and all that I've really added up
and I will look you in the eye and swear that I'm not lying
and once and for all I will be right
I will be right
no lie I will be right, no lie

I am just a human being, take my clothes off and you'll see
cut me and I swear I'll bleed I will, I will
take the dope out of my pocket, rip my arms out of their sockets
watch me say I told you so as the future begins to grow

and I surrender but there's no defeat
this fight is over, you won me
treat me well and take your time, my life is your own design
and forget what you know and watch as we grow
we have the rest of our lives to listen to each other bitch and whine
and we will die when we say that it's time
six feet under, be happy, cause darlin this is just the beginning

and there will come a time when I will walk in a straight line
with one foot in front of the other, with my sisters and my brothers and we will dance upon the ground, in love
cause this is the salvation that I never anticipated

and I will lay with her on a cloud in the sky
when we shut our eyes, we'll see those butterflies and they will dance
and they will dance, oh yes they will
they will dance

you are not a human being, I'll take your clothes off and you'll see
shut your eyes and listen to me
cause everything you touch turns green