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Track

Living on the Edge of the World

Label
Columbia Records
Release Date
10 November 1998
Lyrics

Early North Jersey industrial skyline
I’m an all-set cobra jet creepin’ through the night time
Gotta find a gas station, gotta find a pay phone
This turnpike sure is spooky at night when you’re all alone
I’m living on the edge of the world
Tryin’ to get my girl on the line
Livin’ on the edge of the world
But I think it’s just a waste of my time
Some jerk keeps breaking my connection, girl
‘Cause I’m living on the edge of the world

Radio, radio, hear my tale of heartbreak
New Jersey in the morning like a lunar landscape
Got a counter girl at the Exit 24 HoJo
Down past teh refinery towers where the great black river flows
OI’m living on the edge of the world
Tryin’ to get a message through
I gotta make a connection, girl
Because I’m living on the edge of the world
Living on the edge of the world

Radio’s jammed with gospel stations
Lost souls callin’ long distance salvation
Hey mister deejay gotta hear my last prayer
It’s a hey ho rock and roll, deliver me from nowhere
I’m living on the edge of the world
Tryin’ to get back to you, girl
Living on the edge of the world
Tryin’ to get a message through
I gotta make some connection, girl
Because I’m living on the edge of the world
Living on the edge of the world

Now my boss don’t dig me ’cause he put me on the night shift
It takes me two hours to get back to where my baby lives
In the wee wee hours my mind gets hazy
Relay towers, won’t you lead me to my baby
‘Neath the overpass the trooper hits his party lights switch

Good night, good luck, one, two powershift

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