Stan Ridgway - Overlords lyrics

Well, i been breakin' rocks Up on coolie number three I know it's been forever Thought you'd never hear from me The weather here is rotten Rainin' granite all the time And both moons are glowin' purple And there is no sun to shine I keep diggin' deep down in a tunnel that goes Twenty miles down And i know my life is cheap When i hear that rumblin' sound Oh, the overlords Got me workin' overtime Oh, the overlords No, they never make it rhyme And there is somethin' in the air That is burnin' in my throat A big black cloud is pa**in' Droppin' acid on my coat Oh, the overlords Got me workin' overtime It's been ten years and a day After world war nine They pushed us to make meaning And from the meaning was our crime Last night i had a dream When the guards all fell asleep Oh, i jumped a fence outside this pen And then i hot wired up the warden's jeep And then i took a walk... Chorus repeat I still remember all the nights We had together up on mars We both stood in line to get some new tattoos While the kids got cut some scars When they check the beds tonight I'll leave a note scratched in the pine: "you now can seek me underground Where i'll be monkey-wrenchin' all the time" Chorus repeat From a planet out in space A signal you could trace Controlling what you feel But you never see their face Oh, the overlords Got me workin' overtime Oh, the overlords Oh, the overlords Oh, the overlords Oh, the overlords Yeah, the overlords Yeah, the overlords