It's opening night
let's give them their money's worth
may this show run and run
till it
falls off the edge of the earth
put on your make-up
powder puff adder of mine
dusk is
upon us
switch on that shining sign
I am a major prophet
I'm heaven and hell bent
strong
I am the height of a sign
wide of the mark
deep as the Amazon
I must
impress on them
this opportunity
it'll be too late
by the time they put me on TV
I
feel sharp
I feel blunt
a precision instrument
I really gleam
watch me bite on a
bullet
and spit out a limousine
I am a major prophet
I'm heaven and hell bent
strong
I am the height of a sign
wide of the mark
deep as the Amazon
Feel my
wild sadness blowing down
feel my wild sadness blowing
all the way down
I stand
before you
in full possession of the facts
I make no use of effects
no use for clever
counterbalancing acts
I've broken every bone of meaning
in this body and this soul
I've
bought knowledge
at the cost of a complete loss of self-control
All the truth you can
bear
is yours to take away tonight
- the longer you leave it
- the more there's to
leave
like you, I once saw
those pretty colours in black and white
- you've got to get
it over with
- stop being naive
strangers to truth and to fiction
you will remain
-
if I meet you at the fountainhead
- I'll win you downstream
walk away if you like
you've
only yourself to blame
- I'm not talking eyewash
- I'm talking strychnine
I am a
major prophet
I'm heaven and hell bent strong
I am the height of a sign
wide of the
mark
deep
