It wasn't me, I wasn't there I was just watching from over here 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 It'll take a lifetime to clear your name 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 Put yourselves in a straightjacket But when you're pleading Saying it's no cheaper than humiliation That's free... That's free... That's free... I've gone and quit my worshipping Of the false gods and golden sins 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 But I use a pop song to clear my name Under the bridges of fame it's always nighttime I'll end with a closure and say goodnight