esme could you shut the door
and put the oil lamp on the floor
i feel it coming on again
just like it did on saturday
voices after murder park
in the damp in the dark
maybe we should call the law
ma
They were failing dutifully
If you抮e going to fail at all
Failing came more easily
Than it did to us all
And I wanted to be there
See them begin
It was easy to see they were
The best band to be in
happy birthday buddha
happy hunting, happy hiding, happy new year
i hope you get yourself together
i hope your absence is made clear
i first learned, their was a value
in a little subterfuge
from som
Early years
were a shroud man
Only a grey cloud
Shot in the dark
Hanging out
with your dad
His plans for revenge
In some hick-town
caravan park
Never keep
a good one down
Early years
were a dre
In my role
As a groundbreaker
As a pallbearer
In my past life
As a benefactor
My lost years
As an actor
The stars are brighter
Are lighter
Then they have been
for years
Those stars are tighter
They were hanging on
For grim life
They were clutching
at straws
They were sure
That the ship was at port
They were keen philosophers
They were keen on hurt
They were like
A pair of dumb dogs
Ro
Junk shop clothes
Will get you nowhere
They抮e out of season
It抯 betrayal with no treason
Junk shop clothes
Will get you...
There is no reason why
Your mother was a seamstress
Claim Soutin
There were mourners on the street
of every shape and size
The motorcade came down from Redondo
Assassins on the corner tried to throw you a line
You dirty-mouth comic Rodolfo
Lenny Valentino reside
When you cut your lover´s slack
you´ll get a fucking monster back
information indiscreet-
it´s just an acrobatic trick
disintergrates at 2000 feet
vanishes into mercury
light aircr
sack the maid - put her in chains until
she say's that it's painless and I
couldn't care less
twenty years
married to a lazy lover
twenty years
mixing alcohol and downers
sack the maid
for dealing
new brat in town
new brat in town
who´s been found
counting aloud- when there´s a new brat
in town
your precious things
your precious dear
and a chat show host
went and cut the throat
First child
and a showbiz son
always hide
where you come from
Mother got out rehab
And I was born
I was starstruck
When I was young
It磗 never to soon
To tread the boards
I was in Vaudeville
When I first saw the child brides
two bridegroom boys at their side
genevieve in union with -holy communion
Marianne the younger wife
and the child brides
went down to the water
neptune calls out to
taking out the garbage at the columbia hotel
nobody got a ticket out of cripple town
better call suspension - bakelite and dial
we'll take the fucking building out -
baader meinhof style
every day, ev
People 'round here
don't like to talk about it
Presumed dead
Unsolved Child Murder
Since they dragged the lake
you know they seemed au-fait
cordoned off some wood
and gave the photo to a psychic
Pr
Never saw
your drivers eyes
Or me on parking street
We were planning
your demise
Your chauffeur磗 tired
But your still on heat
Downtoen,
you磖e burning down
I磎 sick of parking cars.
