Watching the horse as it follows the cart
When you turn from a cartoon back into a man
And the people I'd come with were gone from the room
And the noise rising up from the bar underneath
A thief I would have to pursue
And the pot turned to powder and soured the mood
I sweep up my broken spell
If there weren't women present we wouldn't be here
Solitaire, crosswords and films on demand
Now, my days are distractions sit wringing my hands
You start to smell that human smell
And I felt something changing the world
But for that inconvenience all my drinks are free
In time we'll win the world like a failed revolution
I tried walking backwards to get less confused
So I asked like a child, "May I be excused?"
And disobeyed them all
I said "I'll tell you the secret, which one's your good ear?
Yeah, people are made up of water and fear
Why do I envy the ending right from the start
Into that late night latrine rain soaking through my shoes
And so I sleep with the fan on to drown out the street
He said, "How did you ever dream up that song
An old friend, a constant the blues
So I guess it's just as well
The one where the baby dies?"
Like a new constitution
So let's make like we're friends"
A tumor we could not remove
Just get it together to take it apart
That it was life itself to blame
Working off the theory I could never prove
