What a strange cold year it's been
Gimme me a tall glass of Old Tom gin
I wanna douse myself and light up in flames
Another cold drive down 209
I think of all the bridges I burned behind me
So I wouldn't have to let no one see my shame
I'm just a gargoyle on the edge of town
I climbed a tower now I can't get back down
Now I'm stuck here slowly turning to stone
There'r long winters in these backwoods towns
I sit in silence as the minutes tick down
I got a hundred-eighty-thousand left to go
But it's easier than it looks you know
To let your self turn to stone
How I hate the burning sun
The sour taste as morning comes
And the shadows left of yesterday night
I do my damndest to smoke them off
My daily dose I choke and cough
As my gears start slowly grinding to life
A long winding frozen road
Serving isolation a la mode
I wanna douse myself and light up in flames
I'm just a gargoyle in bows and curls
Growing weary of this weird little world
So send me back to hell from where I came
Now I guess I got myself to blame
For burning myself up in flames