Where's the pain in the violent night? 
I'm depressed by the grin 
I stay over many years 
I should have thought of that 
For the love of the money 
Like a black-hearted violin 
It's the nature of being 
 
It's too many lonely nights 
I can't tell bad from wrong 
I can't pass you by 
Too exchanging 
You've been around 
But you've changed me 
 
Where the flesh meets the spirit world 
Where the traffic is thin 
I slip from a vacant view 
I should have thought of that 
And the sound of tomorrow 
Like a black-hearted vile thing 
Like the silence of tension 
It's too many lonely nights 
I can't tell good from bad 
I can't pass you by 
Too exchanging 
You've been around 
But you've changed me 
You've been around 
Can't pass you by 
You've been around 
But you've changed me 
Ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-change! 
Too exchanging 
You've been around  
but you've changed me 
You've been around  
can't pass you by