Cause I lost my job two weeks before Christmas
And I talked to Jesus at the sewer 
And the Pope said it was none of his [bad word] business 
While the rain drank champagne

My Estonian Archangel came and got me wasted 
Cause the sweetest kiss I ever got is the one I've never tasted
Oh but they'll take their bonus pay to Molly McDonald,
Neon ladies, beauty is that which obeys, is bought or borrowed

Cause my heart's [bad word] a crooked hotel full [bad word] But it's I who pays the rent for these fingered-face out-of-tuners 
and I make 16 solid half hour friendships every evening

Cause your queen of hearts who is half a stone 
And likes to laugh alone is always threatening you with leaving 
Oh but they play those token games on Willy Thompson
And give a medal to replace the son of Mrs. Annie Johnson

Cause they told me everybody's got to pay their dues 
And I explained that I had overpaid them 
So overdued I went to [bad word] store
and the clerk there said that they had just been invaded 
So I set sail in a teardrop and escaped beneath the doorsill

Cause the smell of her perfume echoes in my head still
Cause I see my people trying to drown the sun 
In weekends of whiskey sours
Cause how many times can you wake up in [bad word] book and plant flowers?