Degenerate Girl

Degenerate Girl

Riptides (The)
(album: Drop Out)

She climbed up to the roof n´ she looked down
She pictured her body splattered all over the ground
Her daddy´d done her harm, so she stuck a needle in her arm
-guess I just lost my degenerate girl

Few years back she went out to L.A.
Turning petty tricks to get her pay
But the streets are full O´ sleaze
So she got a brand new disease
-Guess I just lost my degenerate girl

Everybody knows that she´s messed up - oh yeah
But they can´t do a thing for her
Everybody knows that she´s fucked up - oh yeah
But I can´t do a thing for her

Betty had dreams that she could go real far
She moved to the hills to make it as a movie star
But the only screen time she got
Was starring with a money shot
- I guess I just lost my degenerate girl

She jumped off that roof in her wedding dress
Next days footnote in the back o´ the press
But there´s one thing you should know
she´s at peace six feet below

I guess I just lost my degenerate girl