I am the man with the golden arm I got legs of steel and a platinum palm I'm the b-b-b-b-baritone of the works And needles and pins make me feel beserk My life is rife with nobody's strife 'Cause it's my wife and it's my life Don't look at my eyes, watch your possessions 'Cause I have to have cash to retain my position
(CHORUS): Stop tryin' to tie me to the tracks (Jack, jack, jack, jack me up)
(REFRAIN): There are certain things that I try not to do Like hangin' 'round the bathroom turnin' blue I've shaken hands with saint vitus 'Cause I got the mellow yellow of hepatitis I'm the mellow man with the malady I make all of my deliveries C.O.D. I don't have to try to play to win 'Cause I got a little thing called heroin
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I'm the d-destroyer not an el lawyer Down the rapids and through the ravine In the sewer tonight, wrap your body up tight While I answer your every bad dream And if you think that's nothin', go to EF Hutton Everybody'll hear what you said But if you take my advice and shut it up twice And find yourself another bed Well I'm t-t-tellin' ya not short-sellin' ya Shake ma hand and kissa ma boot And if you feel inferior, go to Algeria And buy a white flannel suit My prognosis is your neurosis New roses for me and mine And if you feel real ill and you can't sit still Lock the doors 'til the wintertime
(CHORUS)
Stop tryin' to tie me Stop tryin' to tie me Stop tryin' to tie me Stop tryin' to tie me
Yeah
(Repeat 1st verse)
(CHORUS)
(REFRAIN)
(CHORUS)
Stop tryin' to tie me Stop tryin' to tie me Stop tryin' to tie me Stop tryin' to tie me Stop