Scrawl
by 
Chris Duarte 
John Jordan 
recording of 1994 
from 
Texas Sugar Strat Magic (Jive/Novus/Silvertone 41546) 
Tell me, girl, you love me 
Before I lose my mind 
Said I was your only 
Property divine 
Why you did mistreat me 
Said its cause you loved me 
And now you have involved me 
And I'm goin' for the fall 
It's common knowledge 
It's scrawled on the wall 
Said you're feelin' shaky 
I believe you catch my drift 
And now you're gonna be sneaky 
Cause I know you're gonna be sick 
Real sick 
You gotta do the shuffle 
Gotta run all over town 
And now its you that's hurtin' 
I always knew that you'd go down 
You're goin' down 
Everyone knows it 
It's scrawled on the wall 
I know its gonna kill you 
You know its gonna ruin you 
But I know you're gonna do it 
Just sit back and watch me get to it 
So now you heed my warnin' 
Before you go too deep 
You'd better start to cut back 
Or you'll suffer the all white sleep 
All white sleep 
It's gonna get you 
All white sleep 
It's gonna get you 
Go down to that pay phone 
And you put in your pager number 
Meet your man on the corner 
And you give him $40 
Take that stuff home 
You put it in a spoon 
And put it in your vein 
You ain't bein' cool 
You're just gonna die