Congratulations

歌詞

Dead in the water Its not a paid vacation The sons and daughters of city officials Attend demonstrations Its hardly a sink or swim When all is well if the ticket sells Out with a whimper Its not a blaze of glory You look down from your temple As people endeavor to make it a story And chisel a marble word But all is lost if its never heard But Ive got someone to make reports That tell me how my moneys spent To book my stays and draw my blinds So I cant see whats really there And all I needs a great big congratulations Ill keep your dreams You pay attention for me As strange as it seems Id rather dissolve than have you ignore me The ground may be moving fast But I tied my boots to a broken mast The difference is clear You throw it in your cauldron Rust and veneer dusk and dawn Steinways and Baldwins You start with a simple stock of all the waste And salt to taste But damn my luck and damn these friends That keep on combing back their smiles I save my grace with half-assed guilt And lay down the quilt upon the lawn Spread my arms and soak up congratulations