Artist: Warren Zevon Album: Mutineer {1995}

I'm a junk bond king 
And I'm on the run 
Me and a friend of mine
We were headed for the sunshine

I got my hands on the wheel 
I got gas in the tank 
I got a suitcase full of money 
From a Luxembourg bank

We didn't stop till we got to Big Cypress 
Wandered in to the Legion Hall 
The sign outside said, "Seminole Bingo" 
Fell in love with the ping pong balls

And the SEC is far behind 
Down in the swamp with the gators and flamingos 
A long way from Liechtenstein 
I'm a junk bond king playing Seminole Bingo

All my Wall Street wiles
Don't help me even slightly
Cos I never have the numbers
And I'm losing nightly

I cashed in the last of my Triple B bonds 
Got a double-wide on the Tamiami Trail 
I parked it right outside the reservation 
Fifteen minutes from the Collier County Jail

And the SEC is far behind
I'm down in the swamp with the gators and flamingos
A long way from Liechtenstein
I'm a junk bond king playing Seminole Bingo

Well, the SEC is far behind
Down in the swamp with the gators and flamingos
A long way from Liechtenstein
I'm a junk bond king playing Seminole Bingo

Every touch is measured out 
Every word is written down 
Sunny skies are seldom seen 
In the land of few and far between 
And everybody wears a frown

Someone lost their squirting rose
There's his red nose on the ground 
No one's seen his painted smile 
He's been gone for quite a while
Something bad happened to a clown
Something bad happened to a clown

He used to honk his horn and everyone would laugh 
He used to honk his horn 
She doesn't think he's very funny anymore 
Footprints in the sawdust leading to the edge of town 
Something bad happened to a clown 
Something bad happened to a clown

He used to honk his horn and everyone would laugh 
He used to honk his horn 
She doesn't think he's very funny anymore
Footprints in the sawdust leading to the edge of town 
Something bad happened to a clown 
Something bad happened to a clown

Something bad happened to a clown
Something bad happened to a clown
Something bad happened to a clown
Something bad happened to a clown

"Once upon a time," these stories always start 
There lived a handsome prince and he had a happy heart 
And a princess, too - she was a beautiful kid 
She said she'd never leave him but she did

Sometimes love is wet and cold 
Similar to rain, just as hard to hold 
Love can make you sad and blue 
If you don't watch out it'll fall all over you

Everybody knows that winter can be nice
You can play in the snow, you can skate on the ice 
But you can't skate far when the ice gets thin 
Cos you might fall in

Sometimes love is wet and cold 
Similar to rain, just as hard to hold 
Love can make you sad and blue
If you don't watch out it'll fall all over you

Grey skies everywhere 
Storm clouds know your name 
Sadness in the air 
Feels like rain

Sometimes love is wet and cold 
Similar to rain, just a hard to hold 
Love can make you sad and blue 
If you don't watch out it'll fall all over you

Time marches on, time stands still
Time on my hands, time to kill
Blood on my hands and my hands in the till
Down at the 7-11

Gentle rain falls on me
All life folds back into the sea
We contemplate eternity
Beneath the vast indifference of heaven

The past seems realer than present to me now
I've got memories to last me
When the sky is grey the way it is today
I remember the times when I was happy

Same old sun, same old moon
It's the same old story, same old tune
They all say someday soon
My sins will all be forgiven

Gentle rain falls on me
All life folds back into the sea
We contemplate eternity
Beneath the vast indifference of heaven

They say, "Everything's all right."
They say, "Better days are near."
They tell us, "These are the good times."
But they don't live around here
Billy and Christie don't
And Bruce and Patti don't
They don't live around here

I had a girl, now she's gone
She left town, town burned down
Nothing left but the sound
Of the front door closing forever

A gentle rain falls on me
All life folds back into the sea
We contemplate eternity
Beneath the vast indifference of heaven
The vast indifference of heaven

Sweet silver angels over the sea 
Please come down flying low for me

One time I trusted a stranger
Cos I heard his sweet song 
It was gently enticing me 
There was something wrong 
When I turned it was gone 
Blinding me His song remains reminding me 
He's a bandit and a heartbreaker 
My Jesus was a cross maker

Sweet silver angels over the sea 
Please come down flying low for me

He wages war with the devil
With a pistol by His side
He's always chasing him out of windows
And He won't give him a place to hide
But he keeps His door open wide
Fighting him He lights a lamp inviting him
He's a bandit and a heartbreaker
My Jesus was a cross maker
Yeah, Jesus was a cross maker

I was getting used to you 
You went and changed your tune 
Now you've got me so confused 
I can't tell the salt from the wound

Didn't they always used to say 
A man ain't supposed to cry
I defy you to look me in the eye
And tell me you're a friend of mine

Poisonous lookalike - you're not my girl
Poisonous lookalike - what have you done with her
Poisonous lookalike - you're not my girl
Poisonous lookalike - what have you done with her

Now it seems to me you're acting strange 
Treat me like a criminal
You keep telling me I'll have to change 
Baby, that'll take a miracle

Didn't they always used to say
A man ain't supposed to cry
I defy you to look me in the eye
And tell me you're a friend of mine

Poisonous lookalike - you're not my girl
Poisonous lookalike - what have you done with her
Poisonous lookalike - you're not my girl
Poisonous lookalike - what have you done with her

Poisonous lookalike - little Miss Gun-to-a-Knife fight
Poisonous lookalike - what you trying to do
Poisonous lookalike - do you feel all right, all right
Poisonous lookalike - what's wrong with you

Poisonous lookalike - you're not my girl
Poisonous lookalike - what have you done with her
Poisonous lookalike - you're not my girl
Poisonous lookalike - what have you done with her

Mom and Papa bought a Chickering 
Every day I'd sit and play that thing
I practiced hard, it was more than a whim
I played with grim determination, Jim

Someone called Piano Fighter 
I'm a holy roller, I'm a real lowrider
Hold me tight, honey, hold me tighter 
Then let me go, Piano Fighter
Let me go, Piano Fighter

I worked in sessions and I played in bands 
A thousand casuals and one-night stands 
Here on Thursday, gone on Friday 
Heading down the Dixie highway

Someone called Piano Fighter
I'm a holy roller, I'm a real lowrider
Hold me tight, honey, hold me tighter
Then let me go, Piano Fighter
Let me go, Piano Fighter

Maybe I'll go to Reno
Nobody knows my name
I'll play Claire de Lune in a quiet saloon 
Steady work for a change 
Ain't going down that long, lonesome road 
Ain't going down that long, lonesome road, no

I cut a single and it made the charts
I took the money and I played my part
I got in trouble down in New Orleans
I must admit that I was strung out and painted in the corner of a limousine

Someone called Piano Fighter 
I'm a thin ice walker, I'm a freelance writer 
Hold me tight, honey, hold me tighter 
Then let me go, Piano Fighter
Let me go, Piano Fighter

Someone called Piano Fighter 
I'm a holy roller, I'm a real lowrider
Hold me tight, honey, hold me tighter
Then let me go, Piano Fighter
Let me go, Piano Fighter

Got a Glock in the bedside table 
Machine gun leaning by the bedroom door 
Kevlar vest in the closet
Well, I wear it when I go to the store

Shadows at the window 
Rustling in the hedge 
Faces at the peephole 
Footsteps on the ledge

If you come calling 
He'll be mauling with intent to maim
Don't knock on my door
If you don't know my Rottweiler's name, yeah

Halogen lights in the driveway 
Guardian Angels living next door 
One hundred pounds of unfriendly persuasion
Sleeping on the Florida porch

Slackers in the market
Bangers in the mall 
Skinheads on the golf course 
Hunting for their balls

And if you come calling 
He'll be mauling with intent to maim
Don't knock on my door
If you don't know my Rottweiler's name

Well, he's dreaming about an intruder or two 
And the promise of burglar blood 
And he's yearning to chew on a gangster tattoo 
And to hear the proverbial sickening thud

Shadows at the window 
Rustling in the hedge
Faces in the peephole 
Footsteps on the ledge

Well, if you come calling 
He'll be mauling with intent to maim 
Don't knock on my door 
If you don't know my Rottweiler's name

If you come calling 
He'll be mauling with intent to maim 
Don't knock on my door 
If you don't know my Rottweiler's name

Hell is only half full, room for you and me
Looking for a new fool, who's it gonna be
It's the Dance of Shiva, it's the Debutantes ball
And everyone will be there who's anyone at all

Monkey wash, donkey rinse
Going to a party in the center of the earth
Monkey wash, donkey rinse
Honey, don't you want to go
Monkey wash, donkey rinse
Going to a party in the center of the earth
Monkey wash, donkey rinse
Honey, don't you want to go

Left eye, right eye, take a look around
Everybody's heading for a hole in the ground
And it's the Dance of Shiva, it's the Twilight of the Gods
Thunder and lightning till the break of dawn

Monkey wash, donkey rinse
Going to a party in the center of the earth
Monkey wash, donkey rinse
Honey, don't you want to go
Monkey wash, donkey rinse
Going to a party in the center of the earth
Monkey wash, donkey rinse
Honey, don't you want to go, yo

Monkey wash, donkey rinse
Going to a party in the center of the earth
Monkey wash, donkey rinse
Honey, don't you want to go
Monkey wash, donkey rinse
Going to a party in the center of the earth
Monkey wash, donkey rinse
Honey, don't you want to go
Monkey wash, donkey rinse
Going to a party in the center of the earth
Monkey wash, donkey rinse
Honey, don't you want to go
Monkey wash, donkey rinse
Going to a party in the center of the earth

Yo, ho, ho and a bottle of rum
Hoist the mainsail, here I come
Ain't no room on board for the insincere
You're my witness, I'm your mutineer

I was born to rock the boat
Some may sink but we will float
Grab your coat, let's get out of here
You're my witness, I'm your mutineer

Long ago we laughed at shadows
Lightning flashed and thunder followed us
It could never find us here
You're my witness, I'm your mutineer

Long ago we laughed at shadows
Lightning flashed and thunder followed us
It could never find us here
You're my witness, I'm your mutineer

I was born to rock the boat
Some may sink but we will float
Grab your coat, let's get out of here 
You're my witness, I'm your mutineer
You're my witness, I'm your mutineer
I'm your mutineer