Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Cause , by - Sixto Rodriguez. Release date: 04.03.1970
Song language: English
Cause |
| 'Cause I lost my job two weeks before Christmas |
| And I talked to Jesus at The sewer |
| And the Pope said it was none of his God-damned business |
| While the rain drank champagne |
| My Estonian Archangel came and got me wasted |
| 'Cause the sweetest kiss I ever got is the one I’ve never tasted |
| Oh but they’ll take their bonus pay to Molly McDonald |
| Neon ladies, beauty is that which obeys, is bought or borrowed |
| 'Cause my heart’s become a crooked hotel full of rumours |
| But it’s I who pays the rent for these fingered-face out-of-tuners |
| And I make 16 solid half hour friendships every evening |
| 'Cause your queen of hearts who is half a stone |
| And likes to laugh alone is always threatening you with leaving |
| Oh, but they play those token games on Willy Thompson |
| And give a medal to replace the son of Mrs. Annie Johnson |
| 'Cause they told me everybody’s got to pay their dues |
| And I explained that I had overpaid them |
| So overdued I went to the company store |
| And the clerk there said that they had just been invaded |
| So I set sail in a teardrop and escaped beneath the doorsill |
| 'Cause the smell of her perfume echoes in my head still |
| 'Cause I see my people trying to drown the sun |
| In weekends of whiskey sours |
| 'Cause how many times can you wake up in this comic book |
| And plant flowers? |