The Metropolis

Recorded 1988

Well my fleet drove down to Hamburg to see the show
If the tire goes flat the boys are gonna let me fix it
Well I never seen a lady that I didn’t care to know
And I watch them all on the worldwide video circuit

The metropolis fell, the metropolis fell, the metropolis fell on me
The metropolis fell, the metropolis fell, the metropolis fell on me

When the sun turns to black, the boys’ll let me see it
When the moon turns to blood, you know I’m on my way
Well I never thought I’d be the guy that all the prophets seen
Oh but I made it with a lady and I’m thinking that Fate was her name

The metropolis fell, the metropolis fell, the metropolis fell on me
The metropolis fell, the metropolis fell, the metropolis fell on me
The metropolis fell, the metropolis fell, the metropolis fell on me
The metropolis fell, the metropolis fell, the metropolis fell on me

Drinking with Nosferatu
We just leibenstraum
Who needs Krishnamurti
We’ll just clown around

Well I’m sitting on a throne made of children’s bones and promises
It’s a cross between Camelot and Kalamazoo
Well I never thought I’d be a bloody page in history
Oh but I’m sitting on an arrow and I simply had to break it in two

The metropolis fell, the metropolis fell, the metropolis fell on me
The metropolis fell, the metropolis fell, the metropolis fell on me
The metropolis fell, the metropolis fell, the metropolis fell on me
The metropolis fell, the metropolis fell, the metropolis fell on me