Stadium Blitzer

Well its the end of the dream

That started on green metal

She whispered and the wind shook

The magnolia seeded limp in winter

Well she twisted round the cage

And she twisted round the cage

And slipped out into the shaking night

And only shuffled cloth hanging

In the quickness of her leaving

Only shuffled cloth hanging

In the hastiness of her flight

I could tell you that i was a christian

And i don't guess that would be a lie

I could tell you that i was church of christ

And i don't guess you could prove me wrong

So don't trouble no policeman

He's got a wife and kids of his own

And don't trouble yer neighbor

Cause they just want to be left alone

I suppose if i was a demon

I might have bugs all over my legs

It might make sense for me t'tangle

With my wife for awhile

So don't trouble no policeman

He's got a wife and kids of his own

And don't trouble yer neighbor

Cause they just want to be left alone

Lord ain't this nation lonely

Oh maria hands it out

She comes from guatamala

She helps me get around

She helps when i'm in trouble

When the ice cream hit the ground

The federales they were a'coming

She had made arrangements with a vendor

The stupid gringo - he got away

Now if i had a $100's

And maracas in my hand

I'd shake them for maria

I'd pressure her old man

To let me take her back to texas

In the white pickup truck

Where she had done a dozen favors

To get me out of dutch

La...

Now we never spank the children

And the house is pretty small

And i never learned the language

Of old guatamal

But there are frijoles when i'm hungry

And i drink tequila when i'm dry

And the coffee is oh so good

And maria hands it out

La...

Coppermine, oh coppermine

My great-great grandfolk on my father's side

Used to work,in a coppermine - oh yeah

A penny here, a penny there

Won't you drop one in my waterwell

The women lived in maine* my friend

The men they lived underground

Copperwire oh copperwire

Clever clever copperwire

Wrapped in black rubber

Never knew it was a miner's manner

I loved so well

A penny here, a penny there

Won't you drop one in my waterwell

The women lived in maine my friend

The men they lived underground

Black wall weeping

When i go to see the king

Put my dyin' diamond on

And the song in the honeybread

With my dyin' diamond by and by...

Started out late

In my dirty plaid coat

Watched my heel

Lift the dead satin dress

From the ground

One day i touched it with my hands

And it scattered like scared birds

By 3a.m. they were pidgeons

With drinking problems and bad luck

On god's front porch

Where the wind

Is dense with insects

Where the wind

Is dense with bugs

Made of coffee and guitars

Living down here they throw me down and count me

I'm making this up, it keeps my feathers clean

And the black boys they kick my ass and tell me

That the women their ruby lips are dry.

I get angry and i get sad

And i lose this sweetness that i used to have

And i boil my strings

To get them back to gold

Sleeping in here they give me plenty to eat

Don't make trouble, make something with the concrete

So i fill my pipes with it to break them black boys heads

Lord, but i wish i had a gun.

Jack hammers whistle at your gait

Call it what you will

When all the beauties go to lunch

Call it what you will

When the self-bereaved bastards bellyache

Languid from being a gal's best friend

Three tumbles and call it what you will

When the money comes rolling in

When the money comes rolling in

When the money comes rolling in

When the flippin money comes rolling in

Years and years of liplocked hooligans

Call it what you will

The complete works kitch or thievery

Call it what you will

My darlin my dear you deliver me

My how my heart swells enormously

Three tumbles and call it what you please

When the money comes rolling in

When the money comes rolling in

When the money comes rolling in

When the flippin money comes rolling in



-- you can get it if you really want but you must try. you must try you suceed at last. d. decker.