Graham Parker - Dark Days lyrics

The sun has a solar flare The earth just tilted on its axis The demon lies in his lair And licks at the Goddess Abraxas Volcanoes long, long dormant Send up plumes of gas An India and Pakistan Start talking trash In these dark days, dark Let's walk to the nearest cliff Let's walk to the river But there's been a seismic shift I felt the whole earth quiver Let's hold the party we said we would I'm always whole And me with their blood on my hands And you with their gold In these dark, dark, dark days In these dark days, um dark Your conscience is worthless here Go peddle it under the street lights The hubris of love you carry Is attracting a swarm of meat flies Brandish, brandish your weapon, baby Sharpen your sharpest knives If you're not the king or the queen You're just a working for the hive In these dark, dark, dark days In these dark, dark days Dark, dark, dark Dark, dark, dark days Well, well, well The sun has a solar flare The earth just tilted on its axis The demon lies in his lair