I Wish Somebody Would Build A Bridge-Thirsty Merc

[ti:I Wish Somebody Would Build A ] [ar:Thirsty Merc] [al:Thirsty Merc] [by:] [offset:0] [00:01.08]Munching on a ham and cheese sando in the morning on Friday [00:04.46] [00:05.46]Cruising down the Pacific Highway [00:07.08] [00:08.33]Thinking 'bout the day ahead [00:10.02]I paid the rent cheque got my registration and phone bill [00:12.89] [00:13.58]If those two don't overthrow me the dogs will [00:16.46]But heck at least I know the taste of bread [00:19.02]Why do I seem to spend my whole damn life chasing paper [00:21.39] [00:22.08]I'm like an actor turned singer turned waiter [00:24.33] [00:25.02]I'll wait around until I meet with my maker [00:27.20] [00:27.77]Then I'll sign up for AA or something [00:30.27]I just wish there was some other way to get myself somewhere [00:32.52] [00:33.51]This little strip of earth and all that I've done there [00:35.95] [00:36.45]I'm like a bull-ant on the leg of a sunchair [00:38.70] [00:39.33]Under a magnifying glass [00:41.14]I wish somebody would build a bridge [00:43.58] [00:45.08]So I could get over myself [00:47.14] [00:47.77]On my own I'm wasting my time [00:49.83] [00:53.08]I take a phonecall on the mobile while I'm checking the meter [00:55.95] [00:56.58]One sec I need to turn up that little speaker [00:58.83] [00:59.39]It's getting noisy in this little town [01:01.64]We're like America we love to make a ho-har out of jackshit [01:04.46] [01:05.21]I never ever really seemed to fit [01:07.39]But now I'm stuck so deep in all of this [01:10.46]Come to think of it I might as well be travelling backwards [01:13.16] [01:13.85]It's been an hour and I'm only in Chatswood [01:16.66]I hate the way that I'm becoming a product [01:19.53]Go pick me up for $24 95 [01:21.53] [01:22.22]I'm on sale and it's retail in the world of deception [01:24.53] [01:25.29]You can treat a man if he can't get erections [01:28.16]Is there a pill for my lack of direction [01:30.41] [01:31.04]Thanks mate I'll have a pack of those [01:33.47]I wish somebody would build a bridge [01:35.53] [01:36.60]So I could get over myself [01:38.60] [01:39.47]On my own I'm wasting my time [01:41.60] [01:44.66]I wish somebody would build a bridge [01:47.66] [01:48.41]So I could get over myself [01:50.41] [01:51.03]On my own I'm losing my mind [01:53.30] [02:07.88]It's all good I got a broom and a cheap persian rug now [02:10.82] [02:11.63]I can sweep the whole thing outta my sight now [02:14.07] [02:14.81]Outta sight outta mind [02:16.63]I'll keep on going until I'm pushing 30 or 40 [02:19.26] [02:20.19]And as long as I don't do something naughty [02:22.32] [02:22.88]I love my wife what a life [02:25.19]She comes home to find me spread on the floor from blood poisoning [02:27.12] [02:28.49]I popped a whole lot of pills and I'm shaking [02:31.43]And there's a needle sticking out of my arm I ain't faking I'm zoning in and zoning out [02:36.74]You wanna help me don't call me an ambulance honey [02:39.68]Just get a silver service cab this is funny [02:43.11]Just one passenger please going up my own ass [02:46.43]You take credit card F**k this [02:48.03]I wish somebody would build a bridge [02:50.94] [02:51.76]So I could get over myself [02:53.69] [02:54.38]On my own I'm wasting my time [02:56.47] [02:59.41]I wish somebody would build a bridge [03:02.41] [03:03.35]So I could get over myself [03:05.22] [03:05.97]On my own I'm losing my mind [03:07.19] [03:11.07]I wish somebody would build a bridge [03:14.07] [03:14.75]So I could get over myself [03:17.26]On my own I'm wasting my time [03:19.51] [03:20.94]I'm wasting my life [03:22.44]I wish somebody would build a bridge [03:25.13] [03:26.19]So I could get over myself [03:28.26] [03:28.94]On my own I'm losing my mind