Song In The Key Of Chance

In the chest of a dealer hammers and smelts a foul charge
As he smoothes sour cream from his moll’s pony and metes her an unholy barrage,
(o the living is hard)
Of a rank Summer Saturday here, drunk on domestic beer
The burnt English girls bray like mares, the men leer like snakes…
O there’s no faith in this article baby, no truth and no lie lie lie lie
I woke up one morning and it lay there beside me, it wasn’t for me to ask why
But to reason with a dry mouth and a half-open eye some people weren’t born to
dance
While others are halted mid-step to the beat of a song in the key of chance
Make one sickening body, born of a base urge and a high mind
And make it swing like a witch…
Wealthy young men, hale tall timber, who dally in the Springtime then steady in
the Winter
While over the river, with needles for teeth, the spindle and stick men,
apportioned a grief
Take to drink and drown… drown…
O the stories I love, and the stories I hate
The city horses are tired, give them something to drink
Take the weight of the wagon from off of their shoulders and the iron from
their feet
At the top of the morning, top top top of the street
Is a look when you look look look look into somebody’s eyes and you meet
Is a look when you look look look look into somebody’s eyes
And you know that they’d just as soon kill you as smile
There’s no faith in this article baby, no truth and lie lie lie lie
I woke up one morning and it lay there beside me, it wasn’t for me to ask why
But to reason with a dry mouth and a half-open eye some people weren’t born to
dance
While others are halted mid-step to the beat of a song in the key of chance