Saw the railway master and I looked him in the eye
I said "Would you go much faster if you thought that you would die?"
He said "Not me, sir, I could not care. In fact, I would not try
Protest would not take me far
It's different, me not being a star"
I lock my feelings in a jar until another day

Comfort me, dear brother, won't you tell me what you know?
Somewhere in this painful world is a place where I can go
Whoa, long-awaitin' mother, is it time to make a show
And take your babies to your breast?
No, we never passed the test
All our sins should be confessed before we carry on

Oh, don't refuse me
If you choose me, you'll follow my shame
No, don't confuse me
For I know it's the name of the game

Got up off my pillow and I looked up at the sun
Said "You can see quite clearly now the things that we have done
We burned your sacred willow and our battles we have won
Did we get so very far?
It's different, me not being a star"
I lock my feelings in a jar 'til they go away
Oh, don't refuse me
If you choose me, you'll follow my shame
No, don't confuse me
For I know it's the name of the game

Oh, don't refuse me
If you choose me, you'll follow my shame
No, don't confuse me
For I know that's the name of the game

Don't refuse me
Or confuse me
Oh, oh, oh

Don't refuse me
Or confuse me
Oh, oh, oh