Sixto Rodriguez - Cause Lyrics
Cause I lost my job two weeks before ChristmasAnd I talked to Jesus at the sewerAnd the Pope said it was none of his God-damned businessWhile the rain drank champagneMy Estonian Archangel came and got me wastedCause the sweetest kiss I ever got is the one I've never tastedOh but they'll take their bonus pay to Molly McDonald,Neon ladies, beauty is that which obeys, is bought or borrowedCause my heart's become a crooked hotel full of rumoursBut it's I who pays the rent for these fingered-face out-of-tunersAnd I make 16 solid half hour friendships every eveningCause your queen of hearts who is half a stoneAnd likes to laugh alone is always threatening you with leavingOh but they play those token games on Willy ThompsonAnd give a medal to replace the son of Mrs. Annie JohnsonCause they told me everybody's got to pay their duesAnd I explained that I had overpaid themSo overdued I went to the company storeAnd the clerk there said that they had just been invadedSo I set sail in a teardrop and escaped beneath the doorsillCause the smell of her perfume echoes in my head stillCause I see my people trying to drown the sunIn weekends of whiskey soursCause how many times can you wake up in this comic book and plant flowers?
