Lonely Man

Time flies by like a shot from a gun
Making hay with the devil in the new day's sun
Striking with the iron while the iron is hot
And I'll pay my dues with the life I got
Living for the minute and living for the day
In my own town, in my own way
Heading nowhere just as fast as I can
And I'm riding on dunes leaving tracks in the sand.

I say that's how you die a lonely man
Die yai yai, yippy yippy yippy yay
Leaving my tracks in the sand
Die yai yai yippy yippy yippy yay
Going at it hard, just driving at the wind
That's how you die a lonely man.

There's a train to Chicago and a plane to LA
A meeting in Akron on All Saints' Day
Got so late, I forgot to call in
Yeah, well, daddy's doing business at the bar again.

That's how you die a lonely man
Die yai yai, yippy yippy yippy yay
Leaving my tracks in the sand
Die yai yai yippy yippy yippy yay
Going at it hard, just driving at the wind
That's how you die a lonely man
I say that's how you die a lonely man.

Kids are asking mama when daddy's getting home
And mama's getting angry; dinner's cold on the stove
She is asking the kids in the van!

And I get the life of a lonely man
I get the life of a lonely man
I get the life of a lonely man...
I get the life of a lonely man!
Die... Oh, yeah...
Die yai yai yippy yippy yippy yay!
Going at it hard, driving at the wind...
That's how you die a lonely man
That's how you die a lonely man
A lonely man
A lonely man.