After Murder Park

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, every hour, every minute
Every dawn to sundown
Everybody's gonna get it
- in tombstone
Every day, every hour,
We're related
For the rest of the year
Everybody's gonna get it
Tombstone is here

Like to thank my mother for inventing
Rock and roll
I'd be lost without it, i would not be whole
Honeymoon is over - waiting fr the cops
Sitting shit faced in dan's car
Thinking 'bout who we're not

Tombstone, tombstone got a gun
We've got all the women and children
All tied up for fun

Got to see a doctor, i need to turn my
Bones to milk
Nobody ever found the gold upon the hill
And i wanted glamour not tragic rock n roll
And i want a lover, who'll nail me to the wall
Everybody etc.

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 his daughters
Throw yourself at the tide
I´ll see you on the other side

In a loveless marriage - when i was fourteen
All braised knees and black eyes
Then you come round here
With your fancy talk and big ideas
What have you done with our wives

Chorus

Bride of christ, bride of jesus
Bride of the fish when you´re fathoms down
And the uncles and the brother
With their sunday suits on
Search the village and towns
But the child brides etc.

Their legend lay in tatters
From perth to john o'groats
The dead sea navigators
Should've been buried at birth
And of course i loved them dearly
And i miss them now they're gone
The dea sea navigators
Wished they'd had a son

Even in their heyday
No-one like them anyway
Committed boozers 3 a.m. shivers
This one goes out to those not with us

John the barman and mickey green
This one goes out to all the drinkers
At the red lion
And our friends, though they are few
Angel, johnny, pain, keith charity
This one's for you
And what's left of your nerve will get you through

From brighton down to eastbourne
Sea sick sailors getting tough
But the dead sea navigators
Were made of stouter stuff

Golden years, golden years
No-one like them
'cept for us

Season's ending , all night porters
Thy honour defending with last orders

All the sunbathers
Staring at the sun
This one goes out to the
Invisible children - as yet unborn
And our friends
Though they are few
Overcoat boys with more brains than brawn
This one's for you
And all that sail in the
Deas sea navigators
This one's for you

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
Maybe we should call the child's parents

I'll love you until the end

Hi, hello, what have you seen?
God, it's good to hear your voice again
Did you miss your brother
Darling i will always love you
Lying, in a shallow grave
There's a church nearby and a railway
On a bed of mud and wire
Esme find out where the child is buried

Marry the first born
Bury the stillborn
I love you and i always will

We are lying here
Waiting to be buried
We are lying here and you're losing
Contact with the dead

Please don't ask about the future
I am not a fortune teller
I know you're just being civil
But don't make this trivial
Uncles i have never seen
Only in my own dead dream
On a bed of mud and wire
Esme find out where the child is buried

I'll love you until the end

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
Presumed dead
Unsolved child murder

If i die before my parents die
If i die before my parents die

More hate mail through the door
Didn't know that sundays
Could be useful after all
People can be cruel and spineless

Hung around your house
Waiting for your mother
Rachel says she's married to a doctor
Presumed dead
Unsolved child murder

If i die before my parents die
If i die before my parents die

Better move on - with the good stuff
Better move on - right away
Sod this town and people's pity
Let's get on with the nitty gritty
Presumed dead - unsolved child murder

I believe in esp
When you're dealing with a master thief
Headlines scream
"he's been missing 2 weeks"

Rachel said when we find
We can cure him
We can make him better
Raise him from the dead
Unsolved child murder
Raise him from the dead
Unsolved child murder

Well they sent back all the bodies
Who were looking really hopeless
Well it didn't seem that callous
Till they stopped you in your flow
She's surrounded by her wardens
And they're looking really nervous
All about the man from reuters
Here to nullify your glow

Everything you say will destroy you - anyway
Everything you say will come haunt you
Round each corner
Everything you say will destroy you

Well you may think that you're buddha
Lying on a mound of ashes
You were mentioned in the postscript of
Dispatches anyway
And the majors really nervous
When he's walking round the airport
You know your master's card is marked
Your upstart charge is cool and smart

Your unwanted suitor
Leaves his things around your home
He's marking out his territory
He's pissing on your ansaphone
Well you may think that you're buddha
Lying on a mound of ashes
You were mentioned in dispatches
In the postscript anyway