Open Book

My life is an open book.
Ask me a question, you get the honest answer.
Tell me a lie, I will call you on it.
Every word I say is the truth,
I hide nothing.

Appreciate what I do for you,
Mr. John Q Public.
I tell you my history,
I tell you my life,
I tell you my love,
And I tell you my strife.

Every time I'm doubted,
It's another knife in the heart.
I can't take this kind of pain,
I'm going to need a new start.

Maybe I'll be a pilot,
A policeman, a firefighter.
Maybe I'll drive a bus,
Help people, or sing a ballad.

None of these are true...
I know what I am,
As do you.
I'm a drug addict, a poet...
I'm destined to live alone with only one consolation
A drink to drink and a cigarette to smoke.