written by Warren Zevon- c. 1987, Zevon Music Inc. BMI Every day I get up in the morning and go to work And do my job--whatever I need some Sentimental Hygiene Everybody's at war these days Let's have a mini-surrender I need some Sentimental hygiene Everybody's had to hurt about it No one wants to live without it It's so hard to find it Sentimental hygiene Every night I come home exhausted From trying to get along I need some Sentimental hygiene Some nights I drive my car Up and down the boulevard It's so hard to find it Sentimental hygiene Everybody's had to hurt about it No one wants to live without it It's so hard to find it Sentimental hygiene Some nights I drive my car Up and down the boulevard It's so hard to find it Sentimental hygiene Sentimental hygiene I need some Sentimental hygiene