Intro:    Verse: It doesn’t pay to try   all the smart boys know why   it doesn’t mean I didn’t try   I’ll just never know why   It isn’t ’cause I’m all alone   Oh baby you’re not home And when I’m home   Big deal I’m still alone   It’s so restless I am   Beat my head against a pole   Try to knock some sense   down ’side my bones   And even though it don’t show   Those guys are so old   You can’t put your   arms around a memory Don’t try  don’t try              Verse: You’re just a basket case.   And you got no name      Could you live with me?   Go on and say and even though they don’t show   the scars aren’t so old   You can’t put your   arms around a memory Don’t try  don’t try