Just Fine

Lamplight flickers above my head
(As I’m walking down the streets, the city sidewalks)
I’m going to the heart of the city’s dead
(Though I doubt that I’ll remember where I came from)
There’s telephone lines burning down tonight
And a hell of a lot of lies saying “We’ll be alright”
Yeah, there’s nothing worse than changing signs
Nothing worse than saving lives
‘Cause everybody knows that all it is

Is just another preacher shouting loud all our mistakes
(Does he even know the crisis that we went through?)
And just a new reminder of the poisons that we make
(50 dollars for the foxglove if you please, ooh)
I want a blazing fire to shake the chills tonight
An arsonist’s abode would be just fine
Yeah, there’s nothing worse than changing signs
Nothing worse than saving lives

‘Cause everybody knows that all it is is selfish retribution
And a phony Constitution
I’m so confused today
That I can see a world solution

(No, never, mind)
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I want a glass of wine to knock the taste out of my throat
(The taste of failure and of cool Calypso)
I wish that I could unsee everything that I have done
(It’ll be a while before I’m not afraid, oh)
I want to be breaking glass before I die tonight
But then you tell me that I’m going to be alright
Yeah, there’s nothing worse than changing signs
Nothing worse than saving lives

‘Cause everybody knows that all it is is selfish retribution
And a phony Constitution
I’m so confused today
That I can see a world solution

(No, never, never)
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Lamplight flickers above my head
(As I’m walking down the streets, the city sidewalks)
I’m going to the heart of the city’s dead
(Though I doubt that I’ll remember where I came from)
There’s telephone lines burning down tonight
And a hell of a lot of lies saying “We’ll be alright”
Yeah, there’s nothing worse than changing signs
Nothing worse than saving lives

‘Cause everybody knows that all it is is selfish retribution
And a phony Constitution
I’m so confused today
That I can see a world solution

 ‘Cause everybody knows that all it is is selfish retribution.