Down on Me Songtext
von Jonathan Kelly

Regent comes up gleaming in her white overalls
And the boys from my year, they′re crowding in the halls
And the handshakes all round and the "see you some day"
And all of that, sorry it had to turn out this way
Then I'm leaning back for one last look of your old grey walls
And I′m thinking you never were much of a home to me at all

But you've had it down on me
And I don't know what I′ve done wrong
But you′ve had it down on me
And I'm feeling I don′t belong
But you've had it down on me
And I don′t know what I've done wrong
But you′ve had it down on me all along

There's a wolf out there howling on a moonlight hill
He came up early evening, now he's howling still
And just as long as he keeps pouring out his soul
I′ll be stood here by my window with my head bent down low
The darkness now between us can only emphasize
The turned-off shut-out look that I see deep inside your eyes


But you′ve had it down on me
And I don't know what I′ve done wrong
But you've had it down on me
And I′m feeling I don't belong
But you′ve had it down on me
And I don't know what I've done wrong
But you′ve had it down on me all along

Do you know how long that boy′s been climbing up on a stage?
Do you think that he did it all just to read his name on your page?
Did you ever know homelessness? Did you ever know sacrifice?
'Cause the way that you make it read, it seems like such an easy price
You and your friends, you′re all on some kind of witch hunt scene
Either that or you're still busy pounding on your old type machine

But you′ve had it down on me
And I don't know what I′ve done wrong
But you've had it down on me
And I'm feeling I don′t belong
But you′ve had it down on me
And I don't know what I′ve done wrong
But you've had it down on me all along

Every place I look I see you busting to jump the queue
Every place I scratch I see your coat of arms shining through
I′ll tell you what I'm going to do


Night out into the sunset, I′m going to drive out on a bus
I don't want to pack no memories, don't want to make any fuss
I′ve got a father over yonder and he′s calling out to me
And right now that's the one place where I sure would like to be
And if you ever wondered why I was pulling out
Let me be the first to tell you what it′s all about

You have had it down on me
And I don't know what I′ve done wrong
But you've had it down on me
Now I′m feeling I don't belong
But you've had it down on me
And I don′t know what I′ve done wrong
But you've had it down on me all along