Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Malthusian Clown , by - Brendan Kelly and the Wandering Birds. Release date: 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 |