Mendoza Line (The)

Metro Pictures (Alternate)
Wholesale notoriety Bar code your anxiety State your fatal doom in a still photograph Fear is a ragged dog all right But you let it run around awhile Oh, it howls and begs, but it won't bite Oh, it loses heart in its dinner You were captive to the free press He's a work in regress You'll fix him in the repress or let him be I thank you for your largess I hope you'll drop the charges You know I crave the mark of your company You were holed up in the brickyard You could only take this so hard You were driven on a mission You do it in the pole position I was always interested Even if it was in whispers But I knew he had me bested Saw you at the metro pictures Songtexte Rip the moonlit sky down and tear sun Shoot the fucking stars out, here we come With the gray clouds conspiring, the rain fall between us If you're on the line by the bayside marina Later that night when I told you one true wish I hid my smile 'cause you sounded so foolish Cut down to size as life flashed in his eyes And looked a lot like TV news He was castigated for his lies He was persecuted for his views And we all disintegrated into one celestial fissure Leaving all that went unstated Taking all his metro pictures I will always be your lover You will always be my sister But I knew I need not bother I saw you at the metro pictures Aus Songtexte Mania