This is how it goes
You'll get angry at yourself
And think you can think of something else
And I'll hear the clanging of the bells
Cause I can't stop you baby...

Cause I don't have the bribery in place
No bright shiny surface to my face
So I won't go near the market place
With what I'm selling lately
Cause this is how it goes--

Chorus:
Cause it's all about drugs
It's all about shame
And whatever they want--
Don't tell 'em your name

This is how it goes:
One more failure to connect
With so many how could I object?
And you--what on earth did you expect?
Well, I can't tell you, baby
When this is how it goes

(Chorus)

So I'll try to hold on
While you try to let go
You won't tell me it's gone--
But, baby, I'll know
Baby, I'll know
Baby, I'll know