Stan Ridgway The Overlords
Well I been breakin' rocks up on coolie #3 I know it's been forever, thought you'd never hear frome 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 rumbln' 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 CHORUS It's been ten years and a day after world war nine They pushed us to make meaning and from their meaning was our crime Last night I had a dream where the guards all fell asleep I jumped the fence outside this pen and then I hotwired up The warden's Jeep And I took a walk CHORUS I still rmember all those nights we had together up on Mars We both stood in line t 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' I7ll 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Weekend (Wall of Voodoo) Performed by Wall of Voodoo Driving out of Vegas in their automobile She was in the backseat while he was at the wheel With the windows wide open All the money frome store they'd gambled away He said, "the best laid plans often go astray." She took the page fromher book and turned it down She lit a cigarette She didn't make a sound "And I know if we'd had just one more chance," he said, "I know-we'd finally hit the big one at last," she said CHORUS Instead of another lost weekend Lost weekend Another lost weekend Lost weekend "Pull over soon," she said, "it's no big deal, you can take any exit that you happen to f feel is the right one. The right one." Aas she slowly blew her somke out the rear wind vent She thought back on all the letters she'd sent For a contest to be on a quiz game show "Maybe I shoulda stayed in school," he said. "Yeah, I know-start your own business cleaning swimming pools," she said CHORUS She leaned forward over the front seat And twiddled with the radio dial She looked out the window Sw a sign and both of them began to smile "There's a place we could stay at...it's up another mile." --------------------------------------------------------------------------
