Man Who Sold The World

Day after day
They send my friends away
To mansions cold and grey
To the far side of town
Where the thin men stalk the streets
While the sane stay underground

Day after day
They tell me i can go
They tell me i can blow
To the far side of town
Where it's pointless to be high
'cause it's such a long way down

So i tell them that
I can fly, i will scream, i will break my arm
I will do me harm
Here i stand, foot in hand, talking to my wall
I'm not quite right at all...am i?

Don't set me free, i'm as heavy as can be
Just my librium and me
And my e.s.t. makes three

'cause i'd rather stay here
With all the madmen
Than perish with the sadmen roaming free
And i'd rather play here
With all the madmen
For i'm quite content they're all as sane
As me

(where can the horizon lie
When a nation hides
Its organic minds
In a cellar...dark and grim
They must be very dim)

Day after day
They take some brain away
Then turn my face around
To the far side of town
And tell me that it's real
Then ask me how i feel

Here i stand, foot in hand, talking to my wall
I'm not quite right at all

Don't set me free, i'm as helpless as can be
My libido's split on me
Gimme some good 'ole lobotomy

'cause i'd rather stay here
With all the madmen
Than perish with the sadmen
Roaming free
And i'd rather play here
With all the madmen
For i'm quite content
They're all as sane as me

Zane, zane, zane
Ouvre le chien
Zane, zane, zane
Ouvre le chien
Zane, zane, zane (ah ah ah)
Ouvre le chien
Zane, zane, zane (ah ah ah)
Ouvre le chien
Zane, zane, zane (ah ah ah)
Ouvre le chien
Zane, zane, zane (ah ah ah)
Ouvre le chien
Zane, zane, zane (ah ah ah)
Ouvre le chien
Zane, zane, zane (ah ah ah)
Ouvre le chien
Zane, zane, zane (ah ah ah)
Ouvre le chien
Zane, zane, zane (ah ah ah)
Ouvre le chien
Zane, zane, zane (ah ah ah)
Ouvre le chien

Please trip them gently, they don't like to fall
(oh by jingo)
There's no room for anger, we're all very small
(oh by jingo)
We're painting our faces and dressing in thoughts from the skies, from paradise
But they think that we're holding a secretive ball
Won't someone invite them
They're just taller children, (oooo), that's all, after all

Man is an obstacle, sad as the clown
(oh by jingo)
So hold on to nothing, and he won't let you down
(oh by jingo)
Some people are marching together and some on their own
Quite alone
Others are running, the smaller ones crawl
But some sit in silence, they're just older children
(oooo), that's all, after all

I sing with impertinence, shading impermanent chords,
With my words
I've borrowed your time and i'm sorry i called
But the thought just occurred that we're nobody's children at all, (oooo), after all

Live to your rebirth and do what you will
(oh by jingo)
Forget all i've said, please bear me no ill
(oh by jingo)
After all, after all

We passed upon the stair, we spoke of was and when
Although i wasn't there, he said i was his friend
Which came as some surprise i spoke into his eyes
I thought you died alone, a long long time ago

Oh no, not me
I never lost control
You're face to face
With the man who sold the world

I laughed and shook his hand, and made my way back home
I searched for form and land, for years and years i roamed
I gazed a gazely stare at all the millions here
We must have died along, a long long time ago

Who knows? not me
We never lost control
You're face to face
With the man who sold the world

Who knows? not me
We never lost control
You're face to face
With the man who sold the world

President joe once had a dream
The world held his hand, gave their pledge
So he told them his scheme for a saviour machine

They called it the prayer, its answer was law
Its logic stopped war, gave them food
How they adored till it cried in its boredom

'please don't believe in me, please disagree with me
Life is too easy, a plague seems quite feasible now
Or maybe a war, or i may kill you all

Don't let me stay, don't let me stay
My logic says burn so send me away
Your minds are too green, i despise all i've seen
You can't stake your lives on a saviour machine

I need you flying, and i'll show that dying
Is living beyond reason, sacred dimension of time
I perceive every sign, i can steal every mind

Don't let me stay, don't let me stay
My logic says burn so send me away
Your minds are too green, i despise all i've seen
You can't stake your lives on a saviour machine

I count the corpses on my left, i find i'm not so tidy
So i better get away, better make it today
I've cut twenty-three down since friday
But i can't control it, my face is drawn
My instinct still emotes it

I slash them cold, i kill them dead
I broke the gooks, i cracked their heads
I'll bomb them out from under the beds
But now i've got the running gun blues

It seems the peacefuls stopped the war
Left generals squashed and stifled
But i'll slip out again tonight
Cause they haven't taken back my rifle
For i promote oblivion
And i'll plug a few civilians

I'll slash them cold, i'll kill them dead
I'll break them gooks, i'll crack their heads
I'll slice them till they're running red
But now i've got the running gun blues

I'll slash them cold, i'll kill them dead
I'll break them gooks, i'll crack their heads
I'll slice them till they're running red
But now i've got the running gun blues

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