Vocabulary

(1)close to the edge

(2)lose my head

(3)jungle

(4)makes me wonder 　(See also Led Zeppelin "Stairway To Heaven")

(5)keep from

(6)go under

(7)piss

(8)junkie

(9)alley

(10)tow truck

(11)repossess

(12)stoop

(13)roar

(14)breeze

(15)garbage pail

(16)fag hag

(17)skip the light

(18)fandango

(19)zircon

(20)lose [my/your/her/...] senses

(21)peep show

(22)creeps

(23)Social Security

(24)pimp

(25)make it on [my/your/her/...] own

(26)bill collectors

(27)bum

(28)double-digit

(29)inflation

(30)strike

(31)sacroiliac

(32)mid-range

(33)migraine

(34)membrane

(35)go insane

(36)I swear

(37)hijack

(38)jerk

(39)reefer

(40)street sweeper

(41)shuffle

(42)It's all about---

(43)Ain't a damn thing funny

(44)con

(45)land of milk and honey

(46)sew

(47)stab

(48)transplant

(49)brand new

(50)got me on the run

(51)outlaw

(52)see-saw

(53)state of mind

(54)mankind

(55)smiling on

(56)frowning

(57)go through

(58)ghetto

(59)second-rate

(60)number-book taker

(61)thug

(62)pusher

(63)money-maker

(64)twenties and tens

(65)smuggler

(66)scrambler

(67)burglar

(68)pickpocket

(69)peddler

(70)panhandler

(71)wind up (doing---)

(72)drop out

(73)unemployed

(74)Pretty Boy Floyd

(75)get sent up

(76)(1/2/...)year bid

(77)manhood

(78)undercover

(79)fag

(80)used

(81)abused

(82)cell

(83)It's plain to see that---


Speaking Topic

The singer says "Don't push me - I'm close to the edge. I'm trying not to lose my head." In other
words, he's very stressed out and/ot angry, and if someone pushes him he might lose his cool and
do something he will regret. Have you ever lost your cool and done something foolish?