This is how it goes
 You'll get angry at yourself
 And think you can think of something else
 And I'll hear the clanging of the bells
 Cause I can't stop you baby
 
 Cause I don't have the bribery in place
 No bright shiny surface to my face
 So I won't go near the marketplace
 With what I'm selling lately
 Cause this is how it goes
 
 Cause it's all about drugs, it's all about shame
 And whatever they want
 Don't tell them your name
 
 This is how it goes
 One more failure to connect
 With so many how could I object
 And you, what on earth did you expect
 Well I can't tell you baby
 When this is how it goes
 
 Cause it's all about drugs, it's all about shame
 And whatever they want, don't tell them your name
 
 So I try to hold on
 While you try to let go
 You won't tell me it's gone
 But baby I'll know
 Baby I'll know
 Baby I'll know
 Baby I'll know