Bridegroom Blues Songtext

Bridegroom BluesThe streets are doing a wardanceAs their sight is restored to the blindAnd I'm sifting trash on the offchanceThat there might be something to findAnd Mary lets her fingers do the walkingHer baby's nearly dueShe's listening but no-one's talkingAt the citizen's avdice bureauAnd Joe is down on the dole-queueHe should have signed on yesterdayEven if he was a carpenter and she was his ladyHe still wouldn't be able to make it payNoAnd he don't believe in AngelsShe's been seeing another manInfidelity runs in the familyBut that wasn't a part of the planAnd shepherds watch the flicks by nightAt the King's Cross all night showSomething's trying to catch their eyesBut they're too grossed out to knowAnd the three kings travel like three ships a-sailingThey've got some gifts he'll needCocaine for sniffing, money for corruption, and a whole load of videos of I Love LucyBut the king of the country he's getting frightenedHe doesn't want to be another man's pawnAnd he crushes the beer can between his handsHe sees his fate, the clown yells CheckmateAnd another star is bornBut the baby is killed in an instantAs though his whole life were a dreamThough his book sells well and he pulls out the stopsEveryone knows he's a hyped-up hasbeenAnd the t-shirts just embarrassAnd thought become memories after a whileHe's looking so much older nowIt's hard to belive that that was styleAnd he throws his cloak out to his fanIt's his last chance sacrificeThe girls are crawling a cut-glass seaNo-one even wants to look twiceCos the circle's all but full nowBut the stalls are empty for the latest sonWho just smiles and saysGive my regards to Fleet Street, I've gotta runThe streets are doing a wardanceAs their sight is restored to the blindAnd I'm sifting trash on the offchanceThat there might be something to find...