[Lyric] The Tenderloin (Meanest Man Contest)

(Verse 1)

I've been around every side of this town from the silent of sounds like the crowd at a crime scene

Fight'in the clowns until I'm in the ground and I'm lighting em down, I keep them round to remind me

You can sign me up under a synonym and I'll keep track of your facts at a minimum

Or I could turn the dirt's embers and flames, and while the world burns it'd remember our names

(Interlude 1)

Won't you stop embracing, you're always pacing, it's hard to bide when its cold outside

No matter how lost you are, you're nevеr far; I'll find you in the tenderloin, wе'll find you in the tenderloin

(Break)

(Verse 2)

One thing you said that still sticks in my head is that the problem of pretending that we're friends is defending the obvious ending of our godless decisions
You promised you'd fix us, but not with religion

You fought in the trenches and watched the percentage of remnants who wanted to finish, diminish

And when this is over they'll blame us for trying and landing on the list of be famous for dying

(Interlude 2)

Standing at the payphone, another day full of cops and flies who can't be satisfied

So cull them once again, it never ends; You're back into the tenderloin, you're back into the tenderloin

(Chorus)

And this is what they get for always trying to love you

And this is what they get for only trying to love you

And this is what they get for always trying to love you

And this is what they get for only trying to love you

(Break)

(Verse 3)
Driving around, all the sights and the sounds; and if I could of found what I thought that we needed

I would of stopped looking, I would of just took it, I would of been crooked, I would of completed it

You can feed it, but it'll never fill; until you defeat it, and you never will

And they'll take your name and your number and wonder why while they profit, you try to stop it

(Interlude 3)

Ev-ery-thing you wanted, you went and bought it for someone else, you couldn't help yourself

Here again I could lie, your just inside, I'll find you in the tenderloin, we'll find you in the tenderloin

(Extended Chorus)

And this is what they get for always trying to love you

And this is what they get for always trying to love you

And this is what they get for always trying to love you

And this is what they get for only trying to love you

And this is what they get for always trying to love you
And this is what they get for only trying to love you

(Outro)