Muse Blues - Loudon Wainwright III

I went down to the library

You know, the big one way downtown

I went down to the library

You know, the big one way downtown

I pulled out my spiral notebook and my scripto pencil

These, these, these are the words that I did put down

I’m a dud firecracker, I ain’t got any fuse

I ain’t got no inspiration since I lost my muse

I’m a table with two legs, I’m a spider with five

I’m going down slow

Muse, when will you arrive?

Oh muse, where are you?

Oh muse, where are you?

You know, I eat, drink, and I smoke stuff

I don’t know what to do

I went to the mountain and the desert too

I was there, ladies, so where were you?

I’m a flattened-out wave, I ain’t got any curl

I’m an empty old oyster, I ain’t got any pearl

Muse, where are you?

Oh muse, where are you?

You know, I eat, drink, and I smoke stuff

I don’t know what to do

Sit up late, stay up, wait

It’s a rule of thumb—she's got to come

Sit up late, stay up, wait

It’s a rule of thumb—she's got to come

I take lots of cold showers and I go for long walks

I wait for a pitch, but the fickle bitch balks

Took a shot of whiskey and a snort of cocaine

Opened up my head and stuck electrodes in my brain

Oh muse, where are you?

Where are you, muse, oh, where are you?

You know, I eat, drink, and I smoke stuff

I eat, drink, and I smoke stuff

I eat, drink, and I smoke stuff

I don’t know what to do