I Don’t Need It, I Don’t Want It, and You Cheated Me Out of It

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Okay, I'm gonna start out with a new poem, that I was just finishing. It's called: 'I Don't Need It, I Don't Want It, and You Cheated Me Out of It' I'm old and I'm bitter and I'm gonna tell you what I think Money and politics spoiled it completely Money and politics spoiled it completely Money and politics spoiled it completely And then I learned to like it And you're trying to get through the rest of the day And you're trying to get through the rest of the day By day, and at the very best You can only keep it hot for three months! I'm lazy and I don't wanna do nothin'! Except what I have to do Tight as a crab's ass Now I want you to stay down below the waist And under no circumstances come above the shoulders And I want you to sniff around And keep sniffing, keep sniffing You wanna walk away with the smell And you're off on your own and you're running And I'm not going out tonight It's more trouble than it's worth You're going to stay here and drink You're going to stay here and drink You're going to stay here and drink Sitting in the brown velvet chair Having a good time by yourself And I'll tell you something You think you're so great? Well everybody thinks you're a joke It's a miracle I survive What kind of artist are you anyway When all you do is lay around all day in bed watching TV? I don't need it, I don't want it and you cheated me out of it I don't need it, I don't want it and you cheated me out of it I don't need it, I don't want it and anyway You cheated me out of it Take it to the limit one more time You gotta make 'em cum You gotta make 'em cum You gotta make 'em cum You gotta make 'em cum You gotta make it for yourself And then fake it for yourself I want you to give it to me I want you to give it to me (Because I need it) I want you to give it to me (Because I need it) Making money and having a good time Making money and having a good time Making money and having a good time Sheer pain and I love it The palace days Take away Take away You find you've given it everything you can Tenderness intimacy And I'm glad this one is over Thank you for telling me what I did was successful I love being serviced I love being serviced You're only trying to make them fall in love with you You're only trying to make them fall in love with you And then you rip them off as nicely as you can And you keep working it over again And you keep working it over again Trying to score And I spent the whole week having meetings Telling people how well we're doing And how great everything is And I'm gonna make it this time, baby I wanna make it perfect And you give, you give, and you give, and you give, and you give And you give some more, keep giving again and you give until it hurts Only you can't hide so it don't hurt bad And you forget it hurts and give until it really hurts And give until it really hurts Then I'm not going to give one more goddamn thing ever and in any lifetime You get nothin'! You get nothin'! You get nothin'! (Nothing) I'm waiting for tomorrow so I can go to work I'm waiting for tomorrow so I can go to work I got an appointment at eleven And I like working more than being with anyone And I'm laying on the bed sheet waiting for enough time to pass And I'm laying on the bed sheet waiting for enough time to pass For me to go to sleep for five minutes Cos I gotta get up early Thinking it over again Thinking about it over again Thinking it over again Thinking about it over again I'm running a film clip of what I was I was saying this morning on the telephone I got the 'I don't want to do it anymore' I got the 'I don't want to do it anymore' I don't wanna do to do it anymore I don't wanna do anymore fundraising And as a matter of fact I refuse to raise ten cents for anyone I don't believe the lie anymore She had to back off cos she was singed If I'm going to hustle, I wanna hustle for myself And in answer to your question You should think of me as being dead You know after a few months it's hard to remember somebody And after a year it's trying to remember a party I went to last year And I thought you learned to love me But I guess you never will And I thought I'd learn to love you 'Cos you feel so good But it was pizza, quiche, or beef Wellington take out You miss giving me what I want You miss giving me what I want I don't care for my life or anyone else's I'm an old man and in five or six years I'll be falling apart So I want hundred dollar pledges And I want them as fast as they can come Poetry, politics, pragmatism and friends I never thought it would end up just turning a buck And all I want is publicity Cos at least it gives me a false feeling of being loved and sells books... And everything you thought you understood Is a misunderstanding Or completely wrong Paralysis, fear, and deceit And I don't recommend to anyone to be alive And I can't imagine anyone wants to be alive Except if they're completely deluded I don't recommend to anyone being born again anytime, anywhere You're only asking for trouble You're only asking for trouble And we're floating out the high water mark And you already spent your whole life trying to stay afloat Concentration, willpower and endurance I'm trying to get through it like you And nobody told me what to do and I took what I wanted You just skidded out of control You just skidded out of control You just skidded out of control The worst is as this moment happened You hit a bank of snow I'm a tough old fag and I know what I'm talking about We got a completely different situation We got a completely different situation John, it's time for defense I like the feel of a gun in my hand I like the feel of a gun in my hand Smith and Wesson, .44 Magnum, model 29 Three tons behind that bullet My hand wants to be holding it My hand wants to be holding it Picking up responses Safety and power The world outside is a threat We're building ourselves a jungle for it Surface to air missiles Surface to air missiles Increased deployment Readiness alert Cos tonight the air is jagged with some more slightly dangerous aspects I can't see it but I can feel the threat I want double protection I want double protection I love the feel of being armed with weapons And I love the feeling of being surrounded by well-armed attendants Summon the Secretary of War Thank you for doing what we wanted you to do I got a will of iron and strength of steel I got a will of iron and strength of steel We're living on a rough street Increased expenditures for defense Surface to air missiles Surface to air missiles Reduce debt Pay off Americans Express card bill Gracious humble and seemingly accessible to everyone You're a movie star beyond your wildest imagination Comrades! Long has it been since we've drawn our swords shining And you want it, you got it, you want it, you got it, you want it, you got it, you want it, you got it, you want it, you got it, you want it, you got it, you want it, you got it An extreme sadness if you let yourself think Glorious weapon systems disguised in ordinary life Heroin and the Samadhi of the Gods I'm completely alone and I love it I'm completely alone and I love it Can't you tell it's the best thing about yourself? Tell me what to do with trash Tell me how you treat trash Tell me what you do to it You flush it down the toilet There's nothing I love about you But I love the way you love me I'm having myself a little love and tenderness Cos it's all I ever wanted in the first place Warmth and intimacy World class cock cuddling on LSD You know how to give me exactly what I need We're doing the double backstroke in an Esther Williams movie We're having a good time Making money and having a good time Making money and having a good time Making money and having a good time Making money and having a good time And you always get everything you want Only you get it after you stop wanting it And I'm not gonna think about anything And I'm not gonna work anything out If you only knew how sweet and powerful it is to have no expectations And be ruthless and hungry And regarding the impossibility to stop And regarding the impossibility to stop And regarding the impossibility to stop The decision has been received from the Cabinet Delivered by the Secretary of State Abort mission to final enlightenment Take yourself direct to the nearest Buddha field If you learned how If you didn't You got a whole lot coming So I'm gonna make it easy on you kid If your BMW broke down on the freeway And you're walking into the blackness with this guy holding a flashlight And you come out with a funny taste in your mouth Then keep smiling