Virginia was a lot lizard from F.L.A. She had a compound fracture in the trunk It started when she ran away Thumbs out on the interstate She hitched a ride to misery Mr. Whirly had a catastrophic incident He fell into the city by the bay He liquidated his estate Now he sleeps upon the Haight Panhandling misery He's gonna get high, high, high... When he's low, low, low... The fire burns from better days And she screams why, oh why I said I don't know The catastrophic hymns from yesterday Of misery Vinnie was a hustler out of Amsterdam He ran the drug cartel in tinseltown They found him in a Cadillac Bludgeoned with a beseball bat In the name of misery Gina hit the road to New York City Mysteriously the night Vinnie croaked She stopped in Vegas to elope With Virginia and the dope And kissed the bride eternally And they're gonna get high, high, high... When they're low, low, low... The fire burns from better days And he screams why, oh why I said I don't know The catastrophic hymns from yesterday Of misery Hell hounds on your trail now once again, boy It's groping on your leg until it sleeps The emptiness will fill your soul with sorrow Cause it's not what you make It's what you leave And we're gonna get high, high, high... When I'm low, low, low... The fire burns from better days And she screams why, oh why I said I don't know The catastrophic hymns from yesterday Of misery