Oh my lord
I thought I'd take a walk todayIt's a mistake I sometimes makeMy children lay asleep in bedMy wife lay wide-awakeI kissed her softly on the browI tried not to make a soundBut with stony eyes she looked at meAnd gently squeezed my handCall it a premonition, call it a crazy visionCall it intuition, something learned from motherBut when she looked up at me, I could clearly seeThe Sword of Damocles hanging directly above herOh Lord Oh my LordOh LordHow have I offended thee?Wrap your tender arms around meOh Lord Oh LordOh My Lord
They called at me through the fenceThey were not making any senseThey claimed that I had lost the plotKept saying that I was notThe man I used to beThey held their babes aloftThrew marsh mellows at the SecurityAnd said that I'd grown softCall it intuition, call it a creeping suspicion,But their words of derision meant they hardly knew meFor even I could see in the way they stared at meThe Spear of Destiny sticking right through meOh Lord Oh my lordOh LordHow have I offended thee?Wrap your tender arms round meOh Lord Oh lordOh My Lord
Now I'm at the hairdressersPeople watch me as they move pastA guy wearing plastic antlersPresses his bum against the glassNow I'm down on my hands and kneesAnd it's so fucking hot!Someone cries, "What are you looking for?"I scream, "The plot, the plot!"I grab my telephone, I call my wife at homeShe screams, "Leave us alone!" I say, "Hey, it's only me"The hairdresser with his scissors, he holds up the mirrorI look back and shiver; I can't even believe what I can see
Be mindful of the prayers you sendPray hard but pray with careFor the tears that you are crying nowAre just your answered prayersThe ladders of life that we scale merrilyMove mysteriously aroundSo that when you think you're climbing up, manIn fact you're climbing downInto the hollows of glamour, where with spikes and hammerWith telescopic camera, they chose to turn the screwOh I hate them, Ma! Oh I hate them, Pa!Oh I hate them all for what they went and done to youOh Lord Oh my LordOh LordHow have I offended thee?Wrap your tender arms round meOh Lord Oh LordOh My Lord