She went in and bought some bullets But she didn't have a gun There was a time when time was never ending But that time is long gone And the strangest things are gonna knock you down Wasn't any one man seemed to do it Just a series of losers on a losin' streak She smoked a cigarette, slipped on her leather jacket And left town singin' "Life's so bittersweet." And the strangest things are gonna knock you down The strangest things are gonna pick you up again You can only get so far before you reach the ocean Where do you go from there You can't go back, now you've set the wheels in motion Dark clouds on the horizon Rain's good for leather anyway She dreamt that night she could walk on water And she just walked away And the strangest things are gonna knock you down The strangest things are gonna pick you up again Strangest things