Road To Ruin

The strobe was pulsin' in the after-hours, the booze was flowin' free
 When I first saw you across that room on down by Houston Street
 You were wrapped around a wiseguy for all the world to see
 Ah, you touched my heart across that room
 Then you came on home with me
 The angels knew their business, boys, they knew what they were doin'
 With your blazin' eyes and your raven hair on down the road to ruin
 I gave up friends and family, I gave up all I knew
 I followed you like Jesus Christ on down the road to ruin
 The dawn threw up across the sky, we kissed like boy and girl
 But neither of us was innocent, we'd both been screwed by the world
 We clung onto each other for fear we'd drift away
 Ah, you touched me to my heart's desire on the dawning of that day
 The angels knew their business, boys, they knew what they were doin'
 With your blazin' eyes and your raven hair on down the road to ruin
 I gave up friends and family, I gave up all I knew
 I followed you like Jesus Christ on down the road to ruin
 "Johnny", you said, "I'm clean outta me head
 I can't take any more pain
 If life's for livin' then what are we doin'
 Ploughin' these poisoned streets again and again"
 Jenny, I didn't know what I had in you
 How could I be so dumb to walk out on you?
 Now what am I doin', ploughin' these poisoned streets again and again
 And again and again and again and again and again
 I wonder where you are tonight, I hope you're feelin' fine
 In some saloon or after-hours, the men around you like flies
 I keep on searchin' everywhere, I know just what I'm doin'
 Ah, you're somewhere out there right in front of me on down the road to ruin
 The angels knew their business, boys, they knew what they were doin'
 With your blazin' eyes and your raven hair on down the road to ruin
 I gave up friends and family, I gave up all I knew
 I followed you like Jesus Christ on down the road to ruin
 I followed you, you