"Damn Life" lyrics - JOHN CALE

Damn life
Damn life
What's it worth?
Damn life
Getting on without
This city
It's just self-pity
Damn life
You're just not worth it
You're just not worth this pain

They'll eat you alive
They'll drink the sweat from your brow
Eating the salt from the lake, the earth you'll never know
Oh no, respect, respect
What's respect?
'Cause and effect
Self respect

[Bridge:]
She was the one that got left behind
She was the one that got lost
Never took from anybody
Self-sufficient at any cost
No, nothing can break this heart of mine
It stands invincible all the time
You always get what you left behind
Seek and you shall find
Yeah, seek and you shall find
Oh damn

[Instrumental break]

So she's still wandering her heart away
Doesn't even know if it's night or day
And even if someone helped her up
She'd stand little hope
Of recognizing those friends she had
And in many, many ways
Those friends were glad