Verse 1] Born into a world of sin "Come to me, all ye weak, and I'll make you men" Mama dressed me in my Sunday best I go to school, and I try my best Then they caught me in my Sunday dress Ain't nothin' I do that don't turn black [Chorus] There's a tar that the city leaves upon your soul Nothin' I do that won't turn black Good as they are, they still leave a mark So I'll take my hell standing up [Verse 2] You get rusted over time The world used to be so nice, people used to be so kind Now they spit, and they hiss, and they fight Over nothing left to hold, a poisoned sky I knelt down in an alley rain And it washed away everything I gained [Chorus] Just that tar that the city leaves upon your soul Nothin' I do that won't turn black Good as they are, they still leave a mark So I'll take my hell standing up [Bridge] Yeah, hell is here on Earth, baby, I should know Spilled ink on a white shirt — it's a lonely road And I've been down a few times for offenses I don't know Somehow all of us got guilty for something, somewhere, long ago [Guitar Solo] [Final Chorus] There's a tar that the city leaves upon your soul Nothin' I do that won't turn black Good as they are, they still leave a mark I said good as they are, they still leave a mark But I'll take my hell standing up [End]
