Vocabulary

(1)close to the edge

(2)lose my head

(3)jungle

(4)makes me wonder @(See also Led Zeppelin "Stairway To Heaven")

(5)keep from

(6)go under

(7)piss

(8)junkie

(9)alley

(10)tow truck

(11)repossess

(12)stoop

(13)roar

(14)breeze

(15)garbage pail

(16)fag hag

(17)skip the light

(18)fandango

(19)zircon

(20)lose [my/your/her/...] senses

(21)peep show

(22)creeps

(23)Social Security

(24)pimp

(25)make it on [my/your/her/...] own

(26)bill collectors

(27)bum

(28)double-digit

(29)inflation

(30)strike

(31)sacroiliac

(32)mid-range

(33)migraine

(34)membrane

(35)go insane

(36)I swear

(37)hijack

(38)jerk

(39)reefer

(40)street sweeper

(41)shuffle

(42)It's all about---

(43)Ain't a damn thing funny

(44)con

(45)land of milk and honey

(46)sew

(47)stab

(48)transplant

(49)brand new

(50)got me on the run

(51)outlaw

(52)see-saw

(53)state of mind

(54)mankind

(55)smiling on

(56)frowning

(57)go through

(58)ghetto

(59)second-rate

(60)number-book taker

(61)thug

(62)pusher

(63)money-maker

(64)twenties and tens

(65)smuggler

(66)scrambler

(67)burglar

(68)pickpocket

(69)peddler

(70)panhandler

(71)wind up (doing---)

(72)drop out

(73)unemployed

(74)Pretty Boy Floyd

(75)get sent up

(76)(1/2/...)year bid

(77)manhood

(78)undercover

(79)fag

(80)used

(81)abused

(82)cell

(83)It's plain to see that---


Speaking Topic

The singer says "Don't push me - I'm close to the edge. I'm trying not to lose my head." In other
words, he's very stressed out and/ot angry, and if someone pushes him he might lose his cool and
do something he will regret. Have you ever lost your cool and done something foolish?