Governor’s Ball

Lyrics

[Verse 1] He came with his friends in a caravan To witness the Governor's Ball Sat by himself on a cool patch of grass While the rest stood like bricks in a wall The stage, it looked like a vending machine The singer, a black barbie doll But it was well lit, and well managed So no property would be damaged Until his boredom took full advantage Of it all [Verse 2] Talk to a girl with Klonopin eyes Who said she had jewelry to sell First he said "no thanks," but he realized That he wasn't feeling that well And the turquoise she held looked like pieces of sky And the garnet, like teardrops from hell She offered him a necklace And he wanted to accept it But it would end up too expensive, he could tell Then she said, "Why not? What have you got to lose? To lose?" [Verse 3] When he never came back, and the curfew had passed His friends searched the fair grounds for clues But security guard with the maniacal laugh Said, "it's always the leader you lose" And he finally turned up in the broad light of day With a black eye as big as the moon They all asked him what had happened Oh, was it real or all imagined? And why on earth had he abandon them so soon? And he said, "Why not? I do what I've got to do, and so should you"