Why didn't I know your words before?

SANDREVAN LULLABY -

SIXTO RODRIGUEZ

The generals hate holidays Others shoot up to chase the sun blues away Another store front church is open Sea of neon lights, a boxer his shadow fights Soldier tired and sailor broken Winter's asleep at my window Cold wind waits at my door She asks me up to her place But I won't be down anymore

Judges with metermaid hearts Order super market justice starts Frozen children inner city Walkers in the paper rain Waiting for those knights that never came The hi-jacked trying so hard to be pretty Night rains tap at my window Winds of my thoughts passing by She laughed when I tried to tell her Hello only ends in goodbye America gains another pound Only time will bring some people around Idols and flags are slowly melting Another shower of rice To pair it for some will suffice The mouthful asks for second helpings Moonshine pours through my window The night puts it's laughter away Clouds that pierce the illusion That tomorrow would be as yesterday...

CAUSE -

SIXTO RODRIGUEZ

Cause I lost my job two weeks before Christmas And I talked to Jesus at the sewer And the Pope said it was none of his God-damned business While the rain drank champagne My Estonian Archangel came and got me wasted Cause the sweetest kiss I ever got is the one I've never tasted Oh but they'll take their bonus pay to Molly McDonald, Neon ladies, beauty is that which obeys, is bought or borrowed Cause my heart's become a crooked hotel full of rumours But it's I who pays the rent for these fingered-face out-of-tuners and I make 16 solid half hour friendships every evening

Cause your queen of hearts who is half a stone And likes to laugh alone is always threatening you with leaving Oh but they play those token games on Willy Thompson And give a medal to replace the son of Mrs. Annie Johnson Cause they told me everybody's got to pay their dues And I explained that I had overpaid them So overdued I went to the company store and the clerk there said that they had just been invaded So I set sail in a teardrop and escaped beneath the doorsill Cause the smell of her perfume echoes in my head still Cause I see my people trying to drown the sun In weekends of whiskey sours Cause how many times can you wake up in this comic book and plant flowers?