Medicine Man

He slipped his pills in your mouth
His wine washed it all down
In that unholy desert town
And when you fell to the ground
The strangers crowded around
And your ears entertained the muffled sounds
Of stilettoed heals
And the DJ's appeals
To the sedated Las Vegas crowd
But that's the price that you pay
When you resign your fate
To the medicine man that you found

But you don't seek death
You just like to court it by night
So, that when the morning comes
It's just you and the sun
And you've escaped with your life
One more time

The night you mixed the medicines
Like a lab experiment
In the cellars of your anatomy
Did you ever stop to think
Of anyone or anything?
The calls you claim you couldn't see?
And it's so often that you spoke
Of how this life's a fucking joke
And I'll never say I disagreed
But when you take it too far
And you burn out like a star
You know you could've fell on me

Because you never sought death
You just liked to court it by night
So, that when the morning comes
It's just you and the sun
And everything's alright
Alright?