You Can't Turn Your Back

Steve Kilbey

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Lyrics (unofficial)

[added Sept. 20, 2016]

You thought you knew what you were getting into
But your adventures soon came to a sorry end
Well that nasty little habit really should be seen to
'Cause now you've got to get it just to feel yourself again

And you can't turn back when you need your smack
Your face is livid and your teeth are black
Your pocket's empty and your jaw is slack
And there's nothing left for tomorrow

You dabbled then you babbled but you could handle your stuff now
The bitter regrets say you can't get enough now

And your temper's short and you need a snort
A one way ticket's what you bought
So you tell your sad story to the court
There's nothing left for tomorrow

Why did you think that you'd be immune
Thousands of dead men thought that too
Cooked their goose in a blackened spoon
Now there's nothing left

Your suckled friends told you it was so romantic
But where are they now, you need more and more
Instead of feeling cool you're just feeling frantic
As to me, well I think you're just a bore

And you can't turn back when you need your smack
Your face is livid and your teeth are black
Your pockets empty and your jaw is slack
And there's nothing left for tomorrow

Why did you think that you'd be immune
Thousands of dead men thought that too
Cooking their goose in the blackened spoon
Now there's nothing left