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 greed
It was cut and run in '91 

Put yourselves in a straightjacket 
But when you plead insane
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'll use a pop song to clear my name 
Under the bridges of fame it's always nighttime 
I'll end with a closer and say goodnight