Althea (Live at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY 5/16/80) (Live at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY 5/16/80; 2017 Remaster)

I told Althea I was feeling lost, lacking in some direction

Althea told me, upon scrutiny, that my back might need protection

I told Althea that treachery was tearing me limb from limb

Althea told me, "Now cool down, boy, settle back easy, Jim"

You may be a Saturday's child all grown, moving with a tinge of grace

You may be a clown in the burying ground or just another pretty face

Maybe the fate of Ophelia, sleeping and perchance to dream

Honest at the point of recklessness, self-centered to the extreme

"Ain't nobody messing with you but you, your friends are getting most concerned

Loose with the truth, baby, it's your fire, but baby, I hope you don't get burned"

When the smoke has cleared, she said, that's what she said to me

Gonna want a bed to lay your head and a little sympathy

There are things you can replace and others you cannot

Time has come to weigh those things, this space is getting hot

You know this space is getting hot

I told Althea I'm a roving son, and I was born to be a bachelor

Althea told me, "Okay, that's fine," and now I'm trying to catch her

Can't talk to you without talking to me, we're guilty of the same old thing

Thinking a lot about less and less and forgetting the love we bring