I don't know just where I'm going
   But I'm gonna try for the kingdom, if I can
   'Cause it makes me feel like I'm a man
   When I put a spike into my vein
   And I'll tell ya, things aren't quite the same
   When I'm rushing on my run
   And I feel just like Jesus' son
   And I guess that I just don't know
   And I guess that I just don't know
   I have made the big decision
   I'm gonna try to nullify my life
   'Cause when the blood begins to flow
   When it shoots up the dropper's neck
   When I'm closing in on death
   And you can't help me now, you guys
   And all you sweet girls with all your sweet talk
   You can all go take a walk
   And I guess that I just don't know
   And I guess that I just don't know
   I wish that I was born a thousand years ago
   I wish that I'd sail the darkened seas
   On a great big clipper ship
   Going from this land here to that
   In a sailor's suit and cap
   Away from the big city
   Where a man can not be free
   Of all of the evils of this town
   And of himself, and those around
   Oh, and I guess that I just don't know
   Oh, and I guess that I just don't know
   Heroin, be the death of me
   Heroin, it's my wife and it's my life
   Because a mainer to my vein
   Leads to a center in my head
   And then I'm better off and dead
   Because when the smack begins to flow
   I really don't care anymore
   About all the Jim-Jim's in this town
   And all the politicians makin' crazy sounds
   And everybody puttin' everybody else down
   And all the dead bodies piled up in mounds
   'Cause when the smack begins to flow
   Then I really don't care anymore
   Ah, when the heroin is in my blood
   And that blood is in my head
   Then thank God that I'm as good as dead
   Then thank your God that I'm not aware
   And thank God that I just don't care
   And I guess I just don't know
   And I guess I just don't know