Swingin' Man

I am the swingin' man, perpetually on the lam
 Free as a bird or the girls in Amsterdam
 Yellow taxi ride, hey, I never exercise
 The devil when I speak or when I rise
 Buddy Holly told me you can't save rock n roll
 It's only for the lonely boys and girls
 I'm a courageous cat down at the Laundromat
 A sacred cow I never took a vow
 Like old buildings and whores
 Politicians and wars
 All get respect man if they last this long
 They used to call her Mary
 But she changed her name to Raph
 Life was sometimes scary till she laughed
 We never had a baby, but she got more tattoos
 And I got more material for the blues
 Summer's rolling in
 I want to lose this skin
 They call it art, but sometimes it's just sin
 I am a swingin' man
 Hey, I smile on command
 I don't know when or how you got to me
 We never had a baby, but she got more tattoos
 And I got more material for the blues