[00:16.938]Blackout, heatwave, .44 caliber homicide
[00:22.124]The buns drop dead and dogs go mad
[00:24.388]In packs on the West Side
[00:27.400]Young girl standing on a ledge looks like another suicide
[00:32.409]She wants to hit those bricks
[00:33.910]'Cause the news at six gotta stick to a deadline
[00:37.755]While the millionaires hide in Beekman Place
[00:40.384]The bag ladies throw their bones in my face
[00:43.023]I get attacked by a kid with stereo sound
[00:45.657]I don't want to hear it but he won't turn it down
[00:47.996]Life is tough but it's just enough
[00:50.685]To hold back the tears until it's closing time
[00:55.654]I survived, I'm still alive
[00:57.286]But I'm getting close to the borderline
[01:03.433]Close to the borderline
[01:09.094]A buck three eighty
[01:10.938]Won't buy you much lately on the street these days
[01:13.749]And when you can get gas
[01:16.080]You know you can't drive fast anymore on the parkways
[01:19.987]Rich man, poor man, either way American
[01:22.987]Shoved into the lost and found
[01:25.615]The no nuke yell we're gonna all go to hell
[01:28.039]With the next big meltdown
[01:30.469]I got remote control and a color T.V.
[01:33.169]I don't change channels so they must change me
[01:36.032]I got real close friends that will get me high
[01:38.495]They don't know hot to talk and they ain't gonna try
[01:41.480]I shouldn't *****, I shouldn't cry
[01:43.853]I'd start a revolution but I don't have time
[01:48.357]I don't know why I'm still a nice guy
[01:50.102]But I'm getting close to the borderline
[01:56.204]Close to the borderline
[02:03.962]I thought I'd sacrifice so many things
[02:07.643]I thought I'd throw them all away
[02:14.039]I didn't think I needed anything
[02:18.300]But you can't afford to squander what you're not prepared to pay
[02:45.514]I need a doctor for my pressure pills
[02:47.392]I need a lawyer for my medical bills
[02:50.508]I need a banker to finance my home
[02:52.893]I need security to back my loan
[02:55.714]It isn't new what I'm going through
[02:57.866]But everybody knows you got to break sometime
[03:02.265]Another night I fought the good fight
[03:03.234]But I'm getting closer to the borderline
[03:10.489]Closer to the borderline