January 1979, saw a terrible crash and I couldn't help but laugh My ear pressed against the past like a gla** on a wall of a house in a photograph My forehead no longer sweet with holy kisses worthy of your fiery lips I was floating in a peaceful sea rescued by a sinking ship If I could become the servant of all No lower place to fall (I could be your servant) If I could become the servant of all No lower place to fall (If I could be your servant) If I could become the servant of all No lower place to fall (I could be your servant) If I could become the servant of all No lower place to fall (If I could be your servant) You watch me like a ten car highway wreck with detached, vulgar curiosity This looking down on the tops of the hats of us pa**ersby from your seventh floor balcony
And from such a height you missed creatures too small for sight carry on covert conversation As the misguided insects crown me their gra**hopper king with a dance of celebration After years with their crown on my head, I've grown overfed, unconcerned and comfortably numb Kept busy indulging in the pleasures of the wealthy, oh, someone make me afraid of what I've become! At the first sign of possible sorrow I'll turn my heel and run, oh, I'll never learn My life's a cup of sugar I borrowed before time began and forgot to return It was a matter of time I always said I could see, but now I'm going blind It was a matter of miserable time But I heard somewhere, there was a cure for useless eyes