You could have wasted yourself in a plane in the air
   But lead poisoning from your daddy to me just didn't seem fair
   Committing the crime of taking your time
   You're laughing we're carving
   Your name in a tree for the kids to see
   We hear ya, we fear your ecstasy
   You paid the penalty
   You could have wasted away on the floor of a hotel room
   With the hand of a working girl to lead you into your tomb
   Committing the crime of taking your time
   You're laughing we're carving
   Your name in a tree for the kids to see
   We hear ya, we fear your ecstasy
   You paid the penalty
   You could have hung your hat on a pretender's lust for fame
   But you refused to lay it down
   It took your old man to live in shame
   For committing the crime of taking your time
   You're laughing we're carving
   Your name in a tree for the kids to see
   We hear ya, we fear your ecstasy
   You paid the penalty