Lyrics

Here lies misery in a bottle I was fixin' to stash up in Madeleine's trash Climbin' walls that don't go to the ceiling Too eager to wait till my power swings back 'Cause I've played with devils and rolled the odds With cowards and cheaters by God Put 'em in the graveyard the barred owl spoke Put 'em in the graveyard the zombies all joked Play the changes when they come Out on the rim of a funeral drum It's a bygone song whenever it comes on It don't matter if it's doomsday or not Put 'em in the graveyard Put 'em in the graveyard Gimme a lilly for all the kids in Philly Penny the eyes of my old albatross See their dames lyin' right there beside 'em When the circling vultures swoop down to their cross Like endless lovers of silent fraud They're birds of a feather by God Put 'em in the graveyard Casket makers, palling snakes Heiresses dancing 'round thrifty sad wakes Rats been eating everything Rats have been leaving us nothing Till I laid my quill in the cold black swill And scarlet the river flowed out Ah ha! It said put 'em in the graveyard Put 'em in the graveyard Put 'em in the graveyard If it's doomsday or not Your time has come to be forgot So put 'em in the graveyard Cold metal follows me Down through the years in a D.R.I. tee Stacks of commons, everyone Bobby Bonilla and Billy Ripken I believe my brain's gone quite insane I had a dream about a goat on a chain If fear lies at the end of a rainbow It's the six o'clock whistle, the number 10 bus Major keys, minor themes, swirling, bullshitting A thousand ghosts bashing my songs into dust An angry posse, a jury hailed To the doors of your coffin a summons be nailed Bring them back to the circle of gods And put 'em in the graveyard Put 'em in the graveyard Put 'em in the graveyard Put 'em in the graveyard If it's doomsday or not Your time has come to be forgot Now put 'em in the graveyard Put 'em in the graveyard