Opiates

In spite of everything
Life redoubled efforts to glide backward
To go in both directions
This dumb boat still doesn't fly
And that's no way to let a body down
I believe in ballads sang
After a month of midnights in hot water
Scalded under holy water
Punctuated with a punch of opiates

And that's no way to bring a body down
That's no way to bring a body down
That's no way to bring a body down
That's no way to bring a body down

Standing with a bulging fist
Of nickels for the parking meter
That's the art and science part
Of your eccentric sleight of hand
And that's no way to cool a body down
I believe in violence sang
After a feast of fasting on hot water
Scalded within by holy sin
Punctuated with a punch of opiates

And that's no way to bring a body down
That's no way to bring a body down
That's no way to bring a body down
That's no way to bring a body down