The things that happened to you
are indeed fairly normal.
Your girlfriend stood you up
and went away with a very dependable soldier.
And you´ve got nothing to lose,
you´ve got nothing to win.
Something happened in your head
and you started to change.
They put bars on your cell´s windows
because you tried to jump off.
And you´ve got nothing to lose,
you´ve got nothing to win.
And in the mornings the sun
painted lines and checkers in your bird´s face.
And when you went to sleep
the moon painted lines in your bird´s face.
And you and I
are very much related.
And you and I; and you and I.
You´ve got nothing to lose,
you´ve got nothing to win.
You became a legend,
a national hero.
They dedicated you a statue, and a street, and a square
and a flower in your grave.
And you have become immortal,
you have nothing to win.
And in the mornings the sun
painted lines and checkers in your bird´s face.
And when you went to sleep
the moon painted lines in your bird´s face.