Arriving

Lyrics

Give me the haircut of an honest man A heaven scent and a Hades tan The company I keep won't let me sleep All they do is pose and weep There are no more remainders here No spores collecting on the mirror The fact is, it's all crystal clear The germs, the jynx, the crippling fear Oh, toll collector, metermaid Oh, batting eyelash, [?] Recruits with wives, [?] Through stubborn teeth, what clogged the drain? In a strangers car with a strangers guitar Arriving Oh, growling and bristling and glowing and mute The serpent of regret takes root All bronze decay and velvet boots It turns like worms inside the fruit At last a woman for these boys In this two-toe town she'll have a choice She loves the pace, prefers the noise Of the cast-off men with [?] boys And just before the curtain call Before a slithering fireball She throwns off her mask and reveals to them all "It's me, oh Black Betty's baby doll!" Reptilian scales and a pony tail Arising In a strangers bar with a strangers guitar Arriving Arriving