He got an all girl orchestra and when he says;
"Strike up the band," they hit it
You should be made;
To wear earphones
People disagreeing everywhere you look,;
Makes you wanna stop and read a book.
When you know as well as me;
You'd rather see me paralyzed
She says, "What'll it be?";
I say, "I don't know, you got any soft boiled eggs?"
Won't you descend from the throne, from where you sit?
You know, the streets are filled with vipers;
Who've lost all ray of hope,;
You know, it ain't even safe no more;
In the palace of the Pope.
My children will go, As soon as they grow.;
Well, there ain't nothing here now to hold them.
I ain't lookin' for you to feel like me,;
See like me or be like me.
Well, there's voices in the night trying to be heard;
I'm sitting here listening to every mind polluting word
Whatever you gonna do,;
Please do it fast.
And then you told me later, as I apologized;
That you were just kiddin' me, you weren't really from the farm
It was gravity which pulled us down and destiny which broke us apart
There's always some new stranger sneakin' glances,;
Some trigger-happy fool willin' to take chances
I hear the ancient footsteps like the motion of the sea;
Sometimes I turn, there's someone there, other times it's only me.
Sundown, yellow moon, I replay the past;
I know every scene by heart, they all went by so fast
Wiggle 'til you're high, wiggle 'til you're higher,;
Wiggle 'til you vomit fire
Someone else is speakin' with my mouth, but I'm listening only to my heart.
Shall I hold you close?;
Or Shall I let you go by?;
Tell me.;
Tell me.
They got him on conspiracy, they were never sure who with.
Wealth is a filthy rag;
So erotic so unpatriotic;
So wrapped up in the American flag
No, no, no, it ain't me, babe
What good am I if I know and don't do,;
I If I see and don't say, if I look right through you
Never could learn to drink that blood;
And call it wine
The vagabond who's rapping at your door;
Is standing in the clothes that you once wore.
Nations are angry, cursed are some,;
People are expecting a false peace to come.
you remind me of something that used to be;
somethin' that crossed over from another century
Are you still my friend, baby, show me a sign
She knows there's no success like failure;
And that failure's no success at all.
