Orpheus Lyrics

He'd tell his mother how to Catch butterflies in plastic tubes To crush, crush, crush them into paste But now his neck-tie has him He scours the newspaper for clues About how his t...Read Full Lyrics

Blank manifestos The rustling of leaves The lives of the scarecrows The wind in the trees The unnoticed rapture A simple refrain: 'How is your master, and what is his name? ' How c...Read Full Lyrics

It's so dark, underground We're drunk on Marx A dozen rounds plus one Come out with your hands up, or you die Throw your guns down and reach for the sky The chopping block The col...Read Full Lyrics

He writes as he tilts his head To catch the whispering, up with The hiss of tape recorders But there ain't nobody there Oh no, there ain't nobody there Then he goes out to the shop...Read Full Lyrics

He kept her locked, In his mother's antique jewelry box And she'd always spin when he called Like a good little girl She'd remind him of his mother and The pin-up girls his father...Read Full Lyrics

When the knell sounds We'll be called to account And to justify All the time that we've wasted ironing the emperor's new clothes The cuckoo's are repeating, 'i know it all, I know....Read Full Lyrics

Give us a proper taste of lunacy Stand up and give us a recital Tell us of your psychotic fever dreams, Of sickness of the soul and survival Tell us all about degeneracy And thick...Read Full Lyrics

The sidewalks are spinning underfoot I think another drink would do me good I think another round should set me straight I'll raise another to the sober few I wouldn't get too clo...Read Full Lyrics

A parting kiss A black arm-band If you can't have it, no one can I feel like I've been condemned I feel like I'm burning at both ends How did your spooks make out? What are your in...Read Full Lyrics

It's a lonely life when you trust no one. When your guards are up and your radar's down I saw you standing by the back of the club By the pool table with your hat pulled down I'd b...Read Full Lyrics