Cause I lost my job
Two weeks before Christmas.
And I talked to Jesus at the sewer
And the Pope said it was none of his God-damned business.
While the rain drank champagne
My Estonian Archangel came and got me wasted.
Cause the sweetest kiss I ever got
Is the one I've never tasted.
Oh! But they'll take their bonus pay
To Molly McDonald.
Neon ladies, beauty is that which obeys
Is bought or borrowed.
Cause my heart's become a crooked hotel full of rumours.
But it's I who pays the rent
For these fingered-face out-of-tuners.
And I make 16 solid half hour friendships every evening.
Cause your queen of hearts, who is half a stone
And likes to laugh alone, is always threatening you with leaving
Oh but they play those token games
On Willy Thompson.
And give a medal to replace the son
Of Mrs. Annie Johnson
Cause they told me everybody's got to pay their dues
And I explained that I had overpaid them.
So overdued I went to the company store
And the clerk there said that they had just been invaded.
So I set sail in a teardrop and escaped beneath the doorsill.
Cause the smell of her perfume echoes in my head still.
E A (2x)
Cause I see my people trying to drown the sun
In weekends of whiskey sours.
Cause how many times can you wake up in this comic book
And plant flowers?
(E A)(4x)