Overlords Lyrics

Stan Ridgway - Overlords Lyrics

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Overlords Lyrics

Well I been breakin' rocks up on coolie #3

I knnow it's been forever, thought you'd

Never hear from me

The weather up here is rotten

Rainin' granite all the time

And both moons are glowin'purple

And there is no sun to shine

I been diggin' deep down in a tunnel

That goes twenty miles down

And I know my life is cheap

When I hear that rumblin' sound

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Oh the overlords, got me workin' overtime

Oh the overlords, they never make it rhyme

And there is something in the air

That is burnin' in my throat

A big, black cloud is passin'

Droppin' acid on my coat

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 fromheir meaning was our crime

Last night I had a dream

When the guards all fell asleep

I jumped a fence outside this pen

And then I hot wired up the warden's jeep

And I took a walk...

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I still remember all those nights we had

Together up on Mars

We both stood in line to get some new tattoos

While the kids got cut some scars

And when they check the beds tonight

They'll find a note scratched in the pine

You now can seek me underground

Where I'll be monkey-wrenchin' all the time

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>From a planet out in space, a signal you could trace

Controllin' what you feel but you never see their face

Oh the overlords, got me workin' overtime

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