32nd Street

[Verse 1]
Ooh, I'd rather have my life than be embalmed
Yes I'd rather have a bad time than no time at all
Ooh, I'd rather take the storm than be becalmed
Yes I'd rather have my life than be embalmed

[Verse 2]
But if I was a monkey up a tree
Well all you big old blackbirds would come and take a peck at me
But I'd rather have that life than be embalmed
Yes, I'd rather take that writing off the wall

[Harmonica solo]

[Verse 3]
Well, now if I was a monkey up a tree
Oh, down in some basement on Thirty Second Street
But I'd rather live a nightmare that's my own
Yes, I'd rather take that writing off the world

[Bridge]
Sometimes I think I must be going crazy
As most people seem to value that, that hasn't any worth
Well, that's their business - Now you know I'm easy
As long as they don't count on me to do the dirty work

[Verse 4]
Oh, I'd rather be the rain than be a pawn
Yes, I'd rather I had nothing than have something that I'd borne
Yes, I'd rather make my church the open road
Yes, I'd rather wipe that writing off the world

[Verse 5]
Yeah, now if I was a monkey up a tree
Or in some dirty basement down on Thirty Second Street
Well I'd rather take my life than be embalmed
Wish I'd disregard that writing on the wall

[Bridge]
Sometimes I think I must be going crazy
As most people seem to value that, that hasn't any worth
Well, that's their business - Now you know I'm easy
As long as they don't count on me to do the dirty work

[Verse 6]
Ooh, I'd rather have my life than be embalmed
Yes I'd rather have a bad time than no time at all
Yes, I'd rather take that storm than be becalmed
Yes I'd rather have my life than be embalmed

[Verse 7]
Ooh, give me just one wish and leave me be
Yeah, give me some old shack upon a rocky mountain scene
But I'd rather have my life than be embalmed
Yes, I'd rather wipe that writing off the wall