Oscar Wilde (Came Here to Make Fun of You) Songtext
von John Murry

I bought fertilizer and brake fluid
Who in the hell am I supposed to trust?
Sympathy ends in gas chambers
Oklahoma City shoulda been enough

Bought us a four wheel drive
Mama, you go get the gun
We′ll pack all these postcards
Sell what's left and run

The giving of blood begets the drawing of it by thieves
Things will get interesting now, I was holding onto you
You let go of me

Oscar Wilde came here to make fun of you
To dress well and play bridge
Why the hell can′t I do the same?
Who are these architects of indifference?

All I hear are helicopters
Threshing the pale sky
Shining their lights and flying low
Treating us like we're criminals


Man, I, I'd rather be deemed a criminal (oh)
Than be a player in this nocturnes (oh)
Preludes to dyin′ in my sleep (oh)
In another sunburned country of greed (oh)
Swifter than any shadow, shorter than any dream (oh)

Sauvage crowds swirl beneath bare trees
The thorny truth is growing sharp
I relive that season in hell
Tryin′ to eulogize the dark

With the wind now at our heels
The noose and whip won't be far behind
So go on and reel off all your requiems
I′m done cryin'

We kneel before you, drunk pale and insane
Looking for an exit sign from this senseless game

When the forest of the night
Has been torched and is burning bright
What immortal hand or eye
Give a damn enough to cry

Everyday is like huffing lighter fluid
Take me to Reading Gaol with Oscar Wilde, I′ll used to it
Lock me up in Clerkenwell Prison, I'll blow a hole right through it
Doo-doo, doo-doo-doo, dodo-dodo


If I didn′t have to hustle all these second-hand stories
Some sick need to dance to 'em
This wouldn't be a joke

Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, dodo-dodo
Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, dodo-dodo
Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, dodo-dodo
Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, dodo-dodo