Every Picture Tells A Story
Spent some time feelin' inferiorstanding in front of my mirrorCombed my hair in a thousand waysbut I came out looking just the same
Daddy said, "Son, you better see the worldI wouldn't blame you if you wanted to leaveBut remember one thing don't lose your headto a woman that'll spend your bread"So I got out
Paris was a place you could hide awayif you felt you didn't fit inFrench police wouldn't give me no peaceThey claimed I was a nasty personDown along the Left Bank minding my ownWas knocked down by a human stampedeGot arrested for inciting a peacful riotwhen all I wanted was a cup of teaI was accusedI moved on
Down in Rome I wasn't getting enoughof the things that keeps a young man aliveMy body stunk but I kept my funkat a time when I was right out of luckGetting desperate indeed I wasLooking like a tourist attractionOh my dear I better get out of here'for the Vatican don't give no sanctionI wasn't ready for that, no no
I moved right out east yeah!On the Peking ferry I was feeling merrysailing on my way back hereI fell in love with a slit eyed ladyby the light of an eastern moonShangai Lil never used the pillShe claimed that it just ain't naturalShe took me up on deck and bit my neckOh people I was glad I found herOh yeah I was glad I found her
I firmly believe that I didn't need anyone but meI sincerely thought I was so completeLook how wrong you can be
The women I've known I wouldn't let tie my shoeThey wouldn't give you the time of dayBut the slit eyed lady knocked me off my feetGod I was glad I found herAnd if they had the words I could tell to youto help you on the way down the roadI couldn't quote you no Dickens, Shelley or Keats'cause it's all been said beforeMake the best out of the bad just laugh it offYou didn't have to come here anywaySo remember, every picture tells a story don't it