The Authority Box Songtext
von Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3

The authority box
And the head grenade
Love is in the blade
No one ever touches
Everybody watches everyone

When the spoiled child
Hits middle age
Wants to turn the page
The pages are stuck with blood
And you know whose blood it is

That′ll do nicely
Step this way, sir
After you

I call your name
But you don't hear me
I call your name
But you′re nowhere near me
Anyway


Suite 53
My pink is red
Unscrew my head
Failure rips into my
You're too old for this
With your vanity on

So jewel key
So freedom fries
So Texas bow
You and your wife got teeth for life
Now, haven't you?

Vigor, I know your love is nothing personal

I call your name
But you don′t hear me
Anyway

When the sun goes down
I′m a lonely boy
With a lonely kiss
Say what you like about this
But I never ever bother you

I'm stepping out
Of my disease
With a CEO
And a budget horn


You just married a guy
Who didn′t know it yet
Nothing wrong with failure
Everybody does it

Can you hear me?
Can you hear me?

Ah, fuck me, baby
I'm a trolleybus
Yeah, fuck me, baby
I′m a trolleybus
Oh, fuck me, baby
I'm a trolleybus