"Trip To Mars" lyrics - NILS LOFGREN

I have arrested my neighbor's son
For a killin' the mad boy'd done
Stole forty dollar from a seven-eleven
Sent a teenage check-out girl to heaven

'Fore my night of pain and gin
I tell the family his final sin
My guts screamin'
There must be more to livin' than this

I want a go-kart, I want a goldfish
A genie in a lamp to grant my wish
I wanna get Mom a blue tattoo
Live with the elephants in the zoo
Take my friends on a trip to Mars

My Potgut partner has gone on the take
Skims dirty money from a cracked-out snake
Too tired to cover, expects my silence
All I feel in ide is violence
A soul enraged defies analysis
There must be more to living than this

I want a go-kart, I want a goldfish
A genie in a lamp to grant my wish
I wanna get Mom a blue tattoo
Live with the elephants in the zoo
Take my friends on a trip to Mars

Gotta get some dreams in my life
Gotta get some life in my dreams

The very children I'm trained to save
Are singin' songs about puttin' me in an early grave
Too young to know all the death I've kissed
And I know there's more to living than this

I want a go-kart, I want a goldfish
A genie in a lamp to grant my wish
I wanna get Mom a blue tattoo
Live with the elephants in the zoo
Take my friends on a trip to Mars
Lalala lalalala...