"Daemons" lyrics

You've suggested I have demons, but I just can't agree
They're just some pushy friends
They're on my couch, they're on my knee
Compel me to go wandering, implore me to go forth
Eventually south, but first it's north
These things must take their course

If I don't let them in, some other fool will
If I don't let them in, maybe they won't come back again
If I don't let them in, maybe they won't come back again

They're here on tear it Tuesdays and whiskey Wednesdays too
They get energy around Thursday when the flagellation's through
And I curse them now and again like ice in my whiskey
'Cause they bring cold when I need warm, these friendships are risky
But they prod and poke on the butt of their
Joke 'cause they know what got me here
I don't sing for days and days when that's
Been our joke for thirty-five years

If I don't let them in, some other fool will
If I don't let them in, maybe they won't come back again
If I don't let them in, maybe they won't come back again

If I don't let them in
If I don't let them in
If I don't let them in, maybe they won't come back again

You've suggested I have demons, but I just can't agree
They're just some pushy friends
They're on my couch, they're on my knee
Compel me to go wandering, implore me to go forth
Eventually south, but first it's north
These things must take their course

If I don't let them in
If I don't let them in
If I don't let them in, maybe they won't come back again