He got the droop of a fatherless child 
Almost imperceptible, one can't see it with the naked eye 
Oh but I can 

That cardboard lady in the corner store 
Her sparkle is all painted on 
Six no-good men took her shine and more 
Left her youth near Sausalito 

Oh it's humourless and comical at once 
Always being a stranger wearing the last town's dust 
Oh it's humourless, it's humourless 

They look me over, one up and one down 
I can tell they're wondering who my people are 
I say I'm new in town 
I know it's gonna take a while 

Oh it's humourless and comical at once 
Always being a stranger wearing the last town's dust 
Oh it's humourless, it's humourless 

I speculate and browse the duraflame 
Winter in the west coast cool 
Out by the sea where no one knows my name 

I'm on the road like Jack Kerouac 
Like Jack, Jack Kerouac 
Like Jack, Jack Kerouac 
Like Jack, Jack Kerouac