I guess by now you're feeling sorry for me. Well that's the way this story's meant to be. Take a look around you won't see much that's right. Your kid might be in the Boy Scouts but he's kicking queers at night. Tell me a single thing life teaches you. Tell me a single death that reaches you. You deny you've got a soul to preach to. Try and save him I beseech you. I've done all I can he never cut his hair. I washed my hands of the whole affair. Twenty years in jail seems a little harsh. But I bow to the law and the chosen path. Is it me for a moment?. The stars are falling. The heat is rising. The past is calling. Is it me for a moment?. The stars are falling. The heat is rising. The past is calling. I guess by now you're feeling sorry for him. Well that's okay 'cause they put him in the bin. Take a look around take a walk out in the park. You can still see all the old ladies scared stiff of the dark. Tell me a single thing life teaches you. Tell me a single death that reaches you. You deny you've got a soul to preach to. Try and save him I beseech you. Tell me a single thing life teaches you. (I've done all I can he never cut his hair). Tell me a single death that reaches you. (I washed my hands of the whole affair). You deny you've got a soul to preach to. (Twenty years in jail seems a little harsh). Try and save him I beseech you. (But I bow to the law and the chosen path). Tell me a single thing life teaches you. (I've done all I can he never cut his hair). Tell me a single death that reaches you. (I washed my hands of the whole affair). You deny you've got a soul to preach to. (Twenty years in jail seems a little harsh). Try and save him I beseech you. (But I bow to the law and the chosen path). Some nights I still sleep on the beach. Remember when stars were in reach