The Fatman of Manhattan

the fatman falls through the morning sky
sublime swan dive of 235
bird of prey enola gay
find words to say what you did today

what did you do doctor
what have you done
there once was a race
nobody won

the gadget was made by a mind at play
it fell to an earth in a milky way
where gentlemen of well dressed nations
did raise their glasses to detonation

what did you do doctor
what have you done
there once was a race
nobody won

the fatman of manhattan fell straight and true
left a big dent with a westernized view
what luck for rulers men do not think
death from above by reactions in sync

La La La, La La La, La La La, La La La
La La La, La La La, La La La, La La La
La La La, La La La, La La La, La La La
La LA LA

La La La, La La La, La La La, La La La
La La La, La La La, La La La, La La La
La La La, La La La, La La La, La La La
La LA LA


Jumpship Bob

this castle is fortified
mechanical mistress
heaven sent but
look at this mess
and lest you forget
this debt was yours

jump ship bob
just jump , jump ship
and jump ship bob
go on be gone
and jump ship bob

been sitting and thinking
forty fathoms and sinking
jettison
a better person
like you
but a better version
with a distance between us all
to break my fall so

so jump ship bob
just jump, jump ship
jump ship bob
go on be gone
and jump ship bob

if mum's the word
the sentence never ends
breaking down the line
often gives me the bends
a thousand mile phone call
the distance between us all
so jump ship bob
go on just jump ship
and jump ship bob
go on
be gone and jump ship
bob has jumped ship
goon jump ship

LIKE YOU but a better version
LIKE YOU but a better version
LIKE YOU but a better version

Alchemy

from the chest cavity
love pours out relentlessly
tis not unlike a production line
like a diligent little friend of mine


the hearts a little foundry
of a kinder kind of alchemy
the furnace burns insatiably
monopolise my industry

worker working, workings working
working worker works

Carnevil
the city, she teems with
drunk-ass souls
where lowlives in high heels
suck seed their goals
away from their courses
they re led by the stars
feeling resplendent
ablaze in the dark

the naked clad
conjoin across junctions
whoever heard of death by consumption
all in all the beautiful fall
so far and so fast
to the dutiful call

roll up, roll up

the clothes in with the claws out
its no wonder
ballyhoo drew you in
and tore you asunder

roll up, roll up

Lullaby
when that kind sleep doth refuse to come
nor creeping nor leaping nor beating the sun
mine eyes are closed but the brain is inflamed
burn midnight oil, the hour strikes again
with a quiver, i whisper, deliver, release the strain

to and fro do i toss, by this bed i am lost
i fear not the dark only the in-coverable cost
quietus, tranquilize
appease my aching eyes
and prey, do delay, just today, the sun and its rise

what awkward state is this
i implore, find me sleep by sandman kiss
to wake alive crying tears of bliss
i pray be this the last night of my lullaby

He Sat Like a Stone
he sat like a stone
between young love
jaded and prone
to dissolve

he spoke like a snake
gave her his plan
ugly and fake
me me

one half unaware
he was losing his arm
one half not a prayer
against such harmful charm

he would simply not stop
lying through his teeth
kept the attention of the top
whilst he attacked

its deplorable how he tore up
the hearts of something adorable
a start to a depart
a stream a rock divided
cant help but be guided
magnatise not prise apart

The Game
when your mind is laid to rest
made to wade through its own mess
its hard even to address
and the process seems grotesque

you feel that it should be
a kinder kind of alchemy
produced at this foundry
that thing it knows no boundaries

there's a point i reached
when the brain is breached
and it will all come flooding in
it will all come
that thing you can put your trust in
the only thing that isn't rusting

you feel that it should be
a kinder kind of alchemy
produced at this foundry
that thing it knows no boundaries

Lift the Cow
Some people have all the luck
I never keep any
I see it all the time
in the town the lucky thrive

Money pushes, it pushes for some
but there are things that cash cant stack
spare some change for this drunk
not junkie only junk

If you can't lift the cow
You'll miss the here and now
The more you practice
The luckier you'll get

Another same town (down down down down down)
to the warp and weft
Bossco travels only first class
facilitate that
sweet home is my home
right to the roots and cats

we never get tired we never get depressed
if you fall down i will pick you up

Money pushes, it pushes for some
but there are things that cash cant stack
spare some change for this drunk
not junkie only junk

all lyrics and music by diego snail © 2010