Radio Silence

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Signal fading, listen to what I'm saying Testing, testing This better be worth all of the breath I'm wasting Maintaining radio silence from now on [Verse 2] Barricaded in the talk radio station Hostage taken, the red "On Air" light shines on Something cheaper that passes for free speech Will have to do [Bridge 1] Hear him coming through loud and clear He's trickling in your ear He'll tell you anything You want to hear [Verse 3] The tape starts running, he's going to tell you something The strings start strumming, another humdrum conundrum Signing off now Maintaining radio silence from now on [Bridge 2] But there's one thing I should have said "The hostage will end up dead" It's just a comedy The hostage is me [Verse 4] So pay the ransom beyond the run-out groove and Get my wife down here, a helicopter on the roof No police marksman Maintaining radio silence from now on [Verse 5] Mystery voices drowned out by too much choice that's Not to mention the sad waste of this Wonderful invention Maintaining radio silence from now on [Bridge 3] Libraries filled up with failed ideas There's nothing more for me there I trust in tender ink And gentle airs [Verse 6] Do those drug dealers still polish women made of wax? Gangsters and world leaders require the same protection From attack, from a distance it's hard to tell the difference 'Tween a king and a jack, and a poet and a hack Maintaining radio silence from now on