So you think I got something on you
I bet I know what you're gonna say
[unknown line]


So glad to see you're at it again
So glad I ain't your only friend
When are you going to understand
That it's okay, maybe now
[unknown line]INTRODUCTION
This tale I tell that all may see,
behind God's truth lurks treachery.
VOICE OF GOD
'Mine is the right to glory and light,
and you shall have heartache and pain,
yours must be Hell -
for in Heaven I'll dwell,
I care not for that earthly domain.'
HOST OF RIGHTEOUS ANGELS
'For crimes against divinity -
the loneliness of purgatory,
your kingdom rule - Humanity,
Mankind shall be your Hell.'
LUCIFER
'Why have you done this to me -
tell me what is my crime,
I'm tried and convicted -
guilty the fate that is mine.
You say I'm a Devil -
then by Hell the Devil I'll be.'
NARRATION
'As aeons passed without cessation -
brewing hatred from damnation,
in darkness Satan waited -
laughed as God the Earth created,
and man in his own image made -
unaware that plans were laid,
'till from the dark eternal night -
a serpent crawled into the light.
And so from darkness a rage without
measure -
burst spreading the cancer 'cross Eden,
corrupting and tempting and never relenting,
abusing man's newly found freedom.'
LUCIFER
'Out of the abyss I come the avenger
shapeless and faceless -

Well, I just got out of the county prison doin'
90 days for nonsupport
Tried to find me an executice position
but no matter how smooth I talk
They wouldn't listen to the fact that I was a genius
the man said we got all that we can use
Now I got them steadily deppressin', low-down mind-messin'
workin' at the carwash blues

Well, I should be sittin' in an air-conditioned
office in a swivel chair
Talkin' som trash to the secratary sayin'
(spoken) hey now mama come on over here
But still I'm stuck here rubbin' these fenders with a rag
and walkin' home in soggy old shoes
With them steadily deppressin', low-down mind-messin'
workin' at the car wash blues

You know a man of my ability
he should be smokin' on a big cigar
But till I get myself straight I guess I'll just have to wait
in my rubber suit rubbin' these cars

Well all I can do is shake my head, you might not believe that it's true
but workin' at this indoor Niagra falls is an undiscovered Howard Hughes
So baby, don't 'xpect to see with no double martini in any high-brow society news
cause I got them steadily deppressin', low-down mind-messin' workinOn Grafton Street at Christmas time
The elbows push you 'round.
This is not my place of memories -
I'm a stranger in this town.

The faces seem familiar,
And I know those songs they're playing.
But I close my eyes and find myself
Five thousand miles away.

It's funny how my world goes 'round without you -
You're the one thing I never thought I could live without.
I just found this smile to think about you;
You're a Saturday night far from the madding crowd.

The buskers sing by candle light
In front of Bewley's Store,
And a young nun offers me a chair
At a table by the door.

And I feel compelled to tell her
Of the sisters that we knew,
How when they lit their candles
I'd say a prayer for you.

It's funny how my world goes 'round without you -
You're the one thing I never thought I could live without.
I just found this smile to think about you;
You're a Saturday night far from the madding crowd.

The church bells ring for holy hour,
I'm back out in the rain.
It's been twenty years or more
Since I last said your name.

I hear you live near Dallas now
In a house out on the pla