[00:16.51]Dead in the water
[00:19.80]It's not a paid vacation
[00:24.15]The sons and daughters of city officials
[00:27.96]Attend demonstrations
[00:31.57]It's hardly a sink or swim
[00:34.53]When all is well if the ticket sells
[00:41.16]
[00:47.24]Out with a wimper
[00:50.57]It's not a blaze of glory
[00:53.84]You look down from your temple
[00:57.05]As people endeavor to make it a story
[01:02.25]And chisel a marble word
[01:05.31]But all is lost if it's never heard
[01:10.31]
[01:17.15]But I've got someone to make reports
[01:20.31]That tell me how my money's spent
[01:24.40]To book my stays and draw my blinds
[01:28.23]So I can't tell what's really there
[01:32.36]And all I need's a great big congratulations
[01:39.52]
[01:52.46]I'll keep your dreams
[01:55.73]You pay attention for me
[01:59.91]As strange as it seems
[02:02.09]I'd rather dissolve than have you ignore me
[02:07.36]The ground may be moving fast
[02:10.48]But I tied my boots to a broken mast
[02:17.19]
[02:22.90]The difference is clear
[02:26.44]You throw it in your cauldron
[02:30.85]Rust and veneer dusk and dawn
[02:34.51]Steinways and Baldwins
[02:38.36]You start with a simple stock of all the waste
[02:43.32]And salt to taste
[02:52.99]But damn my luck and damn these friends
[02:56.51]That keep on combing back their smiles
[02:59.56]I save my grace with half-assed guilt
[03:04.08]And lay down the quilt upon the lawn
[03:08.30]Spread my arms and soak up congratulations