The priest drowns his ideals in a brown paper bag
yesterday's new beauty is tomorrow's old hag
the dreams you had have faded and gone
but that damn dirty life keeps going on
yeah that damn dirty life keeps going on

the queen of secrets whispers to you
That love's not the answer to the question you threw
Here's to the disillusioned and their day in the sun
as that damn dirty life keeps going on
yeah that damn dirty life keeps going on

the white ladder has turned to blood and to stone
the poets and sailors can't find their way home
Oh mothers, give warning to your daughters and sons
that damn dirty life keeps going on
yeaH
that damn dirty life keeps going on.

you wish that all the good the things would last
but you find that everything ends up in the past
one day i'll forget the words of this song
but that damn dirty life keeps going on
yeah that damn dirty life keeps going on