Mona,
You know you wanna
On a street corner
I shoulda warned ya
All the boys with
All their poison
They'll rob you blind.

I knew your mother,
God rest her soul.
Where was your father...?
Yeah, well, nobody knows.
Wish things were different
The hand you were given,
It just don't seem fair.

And you play with what you're given
You're doin' fine.
And you try not to think about it,
Well, most of the time.
You just do what you have to
To make sure you get through,
Yeah, but sometimes it hurts.

Singing' Mona,
You know you wanna
On a street corner
I shoulda warned ya
All the boys
And all of their poison
They make their way
Yeah, to San José.

Yeah, well, you're still so young
Yeah, but you feel so old.
It's just the things that you been through
That are makin' ya cold.
But I think you're gonna turn soon,
Be careful with my moves,
Just might lose you for good.

Listen I can't fight your demons, yeah
'Cause I'd have to fight you
'Cause they're so far inside you
And I just can't seem to get through
It ain't none of my business
Ain't none of my place...
Yeah, but I still had to try.

Singin' Mona
You know you wanna
On a street corner
I should have warned ya
All of the boys
And all of their poison
They make their way
Yeah... to San José.

And oh, no,
I think I've lost you
Can't read you no more.
'Cause you're high as a kite
'N I'm down here on the floor.
Yeah I'm beggin' you come back
I bet you can't even hear that
Just floated it away.
Oh, yeah,
It's such a shame
'Cause I remember the days
Of the sunshine and rain, yeah,
When we used to play
On your mother's front lawn
Singin' those old songs,
Without a care in the world

I'm just singin' Mona
You know you wanna
On a street corner
I know you gonna
All of the boys
All of their poison
They make their way, yeah,
To San José
Yeah, to San José, now...

Mona, on a street corner...
Thanks to (Jen, DC) for correcting these lyrics. Dec 23, 2007