Stan Ridgway Overlords
Well I been breakin' rocks up on coolie #3 I knnow it's been forever, thought you'd Never hear from me The weather up here is rotten Rainin' granite all the time And both moons are glowin'purple And there is no sun to shine I been diggin' deep down in a tunnel That goes twenty miles down And I know my life is cheap When I hear that rumblin' sound CHORUS Oh the overlords, got me workin' overtime Oh the overlords, they never make it rhyme And there is something in the air That is burnin' in my throat A big, black cloud is passin' Droppin' acid on my coat The overlords got me workin' overtime It's been ten years and a day After world war nine They pushed us to make meaning And fromheir meaning was our crime Last night I had a dream When the guards all fell asleep I jumped a fence outside this pen And then I hot wired up the warden's jeep And I took a walk... CHORUS I still remember all those nights we had Together up on Mars We both stood in line to get some new tattoos While the kids got cut some scars And when they check the beds tonight They'll find a note scratched in the pine You now can seek me underground Where I'll be monkey-wrenchin' all the time CHORUS >From a planet out in space, a signal you could trace Controllin' what you feel but you never see their face Oh the overlords, got me workin' overtime -----------------------------------------------------------