G
It wasn't me, I wasn't there 
A
I was just watching from over here 
Am D G D G
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 

G#dim Am   C
It'll take a lifetime to clear your name 
  G          G/F#      Am               C   D
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 

G#dim Am   C
Put yourselves in a straightjacket 
G  G/F# 
But when you plead insane 
Am C
It's no cheaper than humiliation 
D
That's free... 
G Am
That's free... 
C  D
That's free... 

G
I've gone and quit my worshipping 
A
Of the false gods and golden sins 
Am D G D G
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 

 Am C
But I use a pop song to clear my name 
G F#/G Am
Under the bridges of fame it's always nighttime 
C D G
I'll end with a closure and say goodnight