JUNGLETOWN

Let’s just say that I’m a little bit lonely
And I’m watching the clock on the building wall
I’m gonna see the sweetest thing since honey
And I hang up from my pay phone call

The streets are like crowded rivers
And I feel like I’m gonna float away from here
I turn to head in her direction
With her voice still ringing in my ear

She’s the queen of big excitement
Mysterious child
She’s the only woman in this Jungletown
With a golden smile

Roll it over Miss Lonely
It’s a serious thing
My hands will shake and my feet will tremble
When I hear her sing.

Oh we’re laying on the ground
Oh we’re reaching for the sky
Here in lovely Jungletown
You and I you and I we’re gonna get by.

And her room is lit with yellow candles
And smells gardenia white
She takes my hat and kisses me
And asks if I’m alright

Well sure I am there’s nothing that can get to me
You know all the world’s a zoo
Did you see the headlines and the pictures
And the things that people do

I breathe a long sigh of relief
And I look up on the wall
Her burning altars brighten me
And my anger quickly falls

She’s the queen of far desire
Show me everything
She’s the only woman in this Jungletown
Buy I swear I see her wings

Roll it over Miss Lonely
Roll it over again
I never had an enemy
I never had a friend

But oh we’re laying on the ground
Oh we’re reaching for the sky
Here in lovely Jungletown
You and I you and I we’re gonna get by

And the nights are longer than a tiger’s tail
And everyone wants to eat
From Saint Vincents all the way to Bagdad
And to the drunken beasts in the street

Sirens and bullets and aircraft
Still fill the sky
Show me the shooting distance
And why everyone’s looking for a chance to die

Precious moment they’re burning
I see ashes where there once was more
She slips her dress from her shoulders
It disappears to the floor

She’s the queen of big excitement
Show me everything
She’s the only woman in this Jungletown
But I swear I see her wings

Roll it over Miss Lonely
Roll it over again
I never had an enemy
I never had a friend

But oh we’re laying on the ground
Oh we’re reaching for the sky
Here in lovely Jungletown
You and I you and I we’re gonna get by

Laying down and lookin up
Sparrows flying by
Now its dark and quiet
And I’ve stopped my asking why

We sailed on midnight waters
Where everyone had sinned
I’m touching her she’s touching me
Her bodies like the wind

Blow me into freedom
Blow me through the trees
God is on the riverbank
Let me see just what he sees

She’s the queen of big excitement
Show me everything
She’s the only woman in this Jungletown
But I swear I see her wings

Roll it over Miss Lonely
Roll it over again
I never had an enemy
I never had a friend

But oh we’re laying on the ground
Oh we’re reaching for the sky
Here in lovely Jungletown
You and I you and I we’re gonna get by