Momus - Buzz lyrics

I run into the devil down at the crossroads He's got a fly for a face Then it starts raining, time is running backwards My tongue is hanging out and I'm staring into space And the fly goes buzz Tell me Dostoyevsky was wrong about human nature Tell me we are more than just a total waste of space Tell me there is goodness in the heart of every creature Tell me that through culture we will one day touch grace And the fly goes buzz Fudged in time like an insect crushed in ointment Nothing ever comes to the intelligent man So dangle like a spider on the thread of disappointment Your just desserts aren't even ice cream And the fly goes buzz Down amongst the gypsies I met Howard Devoto Told him that the devil had been singing his praise I said "Only you and me and Dostoyevsky Can really understand the general malaise" And the fly goes buzz