I m going to make you even fear the dream you dream
So don t even think about it don t make a wish
You think that I don t see you as you trawl those young weak fish
Hooked on those poor wonders til they want you alone
Though they can t tell a cuckoo-clock from the squeals of saxophones
That s when they ll fear my name
Stalin Malone

I m telling you the day will come when this man gets what he merits
Though people still wear animal skins to ward off evil spirits
Only wife-swapping and witchcraft woke the dormitory town
Til horse s heads up in the trees came dripping down
Yeshorse s heads up hung in the trees after the bird had flown
Did you wonder of my whereabouts as the barrack-room was blown
Did anybody call my name?
Stalin Malone

In a room called creationwhere you all obey my laws
Where Seconal is gravity and pain is like applause
You think that this phenomenon is some coincidence
But I ve got people everywhereyou re under
my surveillancein the pocket of my pants
Okayshe left mebut I ll soon get over that
Falling out of the "Blood Tub" and rollingon my back
Waking up to the one o clock gun with a Punch and Judy bird
Reaching out for a gelignite beer that fills me up with murder
To overhear forbidden songs her lover must have known
Between the pity and advice...
"There s no one here to help you nowbut speak after the tone"
Leave for me a message of hope
Stalin Malone

Now the church door is a roller-shutter with padlocks and keys
Just like all of the other dispensaries
The saloon is like a casketstained wood and human dust
Stale with conversation that hangs on your clothes like smoke
The wooden clock said she would dance dressed only in flower
As the jazz band drowns the hysterical bird that it spits out on the hour
I d drop out of sight and disappearturn up in another townbut somehow
I just can t seem to put it downput it downput it down
I just want to hold her now in that I m not alone
but do I have to see her fall into his arms before I can atone..
Get my jacket onget my story straightI m leaving on my own

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