I MARRIED RICH

ONCE OR TWICE

THEY PAID FOR THINGS

AND IT WAS NICE

I TOLD MYSELF THAT THEY WERE DEAD INSIDE

MY RICH WIVES WERE DEAD INSIDE

OH YEAH RICH DADDY

LISTEN TO ME

YOUR DAUGHTER

SHE LIKES TO VISIT ME

SHE VISITS ME YOUR LOVELY DAUGHTER

VISITS ME IN THE SERVANTS QUARTERS

 

YEAH YEAH

YEAH YEAH

 

THEY SEND ME BACK

UP TO THE HILLS

ALL FULL OF [bad word] 
AND FIRE AND FABLE

AS GOOD FORTUNE PASSES OVERHEAD

I STAB KNIFE INTO THE KITCHEN TABLE

 

YEAH YEAH

YEAH YEAH

 

LIFE IS LONG

AND SO UNFAIR

GONNA GET UP IN THE MORNING

AND KILL BILLIONAIRE

LIFE IS LONG

UNFAIR AND [bad word] 
THERE’S NO KENNEDY COUSIN

DEAD IN MY POOL

 

YEAH YEAH

YEAH YEAH

 

NOW I PACK SHELVES

AND I’M NOT WELL

I OPEN DOORS AND I MOP YOUR FLOORS

MY KIDS ARE PALE

AND MY BREAD IS STALE

I PACK SHELVES

AND I’M NOT WELL

 

THEY CALL ME
 [bad word] 
AND UNDER ME

THERE IS NO GROUND

THEY CALL ME
 [bad word] 
AND LIKE THE LEAVES THAT WILL FALL

I’M FORGOTTEN MAN

 

THEY REALLY THOUGHT

THAT THEY OWNED THEIR FATE

THOSE MEN FOUND HANGING ON ST PETERS GATE

WHAT’S IMMORTALITY

TO DEAD MAN

GRAB WHAT YOU CAN KID

GRAB WHAT YOU CAN

 

YEAH  YEAH

YEAH YEAH

 

GOD ALMIGHTY DIDN’T DIE FOR ME

ABIDE WITH ME

OR PROVIDE FOR ME

YOU CAN BRING ME THE HEAD

OF YOUR JESUS CHRIST

DON’T WORRY ABOUT IT

I’LL KEEP IT ON ICE

 

YEAH  YEAH

YEAH YEAH

 

NOW I PACK SHELVES

AND I’M NOT WELL

I OPEN DOORS AND I MOP YOUR FLOORS

MY KIDS ARE PALE

AND MY BREAD IS STALE

I PACK SHELVES

AND I’M NOT WELL

 

THEY CALL ME
 [bad word] 
AND UNDER ME

THERE IS NO GROUND

THEY CALL ME
 [bad word] 
AND LIKE THE LEAVES THAT WILL FALL

I’M FORGOTTEN MAN

 

AND WITH THESE DEALINGS

THESE SO CALLED DEALINGS

HAVE GONE SO MANY OF MY YEARS

THEY’VE STOLEN SO MANY OF MY YEARS

 

THEY CALL ME
 [bad word] 
AND UNDER ME

THERE IS NO GROUND

THEY CALL ME
 [bad word] 
AND LIKE THE LEAVES THAT WILL FALL

I’M FORGOTTEN MAN