
Date of issue: 09.07.2012
Song language: English
Malthusian Clown |
Ain’t nothing like the waves radiating from the basement |
Ain’t nothing like that sticky black wave of isolation |
This intimidation on these Roosevelt streets |
Ain’t nothing like Sweathogs or Warriors to me |
But you tell me you wanna go down |
I’m just getting by |
I’m pale and I’m quiet |
I’m just killing time in the eye of the riot |
Kiss your boy good-night as he descends to the bottom (good-night, dear boy) |
Stretching out with some Quaaludes and some cotton (good-night) |
And the next few years ain’t getting no better than this |
And the burning’s gonna spread down |
These thighs and up to these hips |
'Cause I’m just getting by |
I’m pale and I’m quiet |
I’m just killing time in the eye of the riot |
And I never really wanted much to win |
I just wanted some peace and quiet now and then |
But they’re climbing in my walls |
Scratching overhead |
Waiting for me at the bus stop |
And underneath my bed |
And now I feel like a goddamn rag doll |
Holding my insides in |
I feel like a goddamned pinball |
Boy, I ain’t no kind of man |
I feel like pulling the chain and spiraling down |
I feel like I’m suffocating here in this town |
I am the Malthusian clown, whoa-oa-oah |
I am the Malthusian clown, whoa-oa-oah |
I’m just getting by |
I’m pale and I’m quiet |
I’m just killing time in the eye of the riot |
I’m just getting by |
I’m pale and I’m quiet |
I’m just killing time in the eye of the riot |
So if you wanna go down, down, down, down, down |
I am the Malthusian clown, whoa-oa-oah |
But if you’re already down |
If you’re already down let me show you around |
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