G 
It wasn't me, I wasn't there  
A 
I was just watching from over here  
Am D G D G 
And besides, I couldn't afford the bus fare  

In Hollywood and Washington  
They shake and smile through the harm they've done  
But it's your little red wagon and you gotta pull it  

G#dim Am   C 
It'll take a lifetime to clear your name  
  G          G/F#      Am               C   D 
Under the bridges of fame it's always nighttime  


It wasn't me, I wasn't there  
I was stone drunk, it isn't clear  
And it doesn't count cause I don't care  

The years transform my memories  
Of all the countless decades of grief  
It was cut and run in '91  

G#dim Am   C 
Put yourselves in a straightjacket  
G  G/F#  
But when you plead insane  
Am C 
It's no cheaper than humiliation  
D 
That's free...  
G Am 
That's free...  
C  D 
That's free...  

G 
I've gone and quit my worshipping  
A 
Of the false gods and golden sins  
Am D G D G 
Cause we've made love in the Tower of Babel and it fell down  

It wasn't me, I wasn't there  
That was not my love affair  
That is not my lover, that's not even my friend  

It wasn't me, I wasn't there  
I was stone drunk, it isn't clear  
And it doesn't count cause I don't care  

 Am C 
But I use a pop song to clear my name  
G F#/G Am 
Under the bridges of fame it's always nighttime  
C D G 
I'll end with a closure and say goodnight