♪ ♪
♪ IT'S A LONG WAY DOWN FROM
THE HIGH HORSE YOU'RE ON ♪
♪ WHEN YOU STUMBLE AND
THEN YOU'RE THROWN ♪
♪ AND THE LAST TIME WE SAW
HIM HE WAS OUT IN THE RAIN ♪
♪ WATCHING THAT TRAIN
ROLL DOWN THE TRACK ♪
♪ NOW HE'S BACK IN SHOWBIZ,
TRYING TO MAKE A COMEBACK ♪
♪ WE KNOW THAT
HE'S DESPERATE ♪
♪ AND WE KNOW
THAT HE'S BROKE ♪
♪ HE'S THE MYSTERY
GUEST WE'LL PUNCTURE ♪
♪ THEY TOLD A YOUNG GIRL
WITH A CLIPBOARD ♪
♪ “JUST KEEP HIM AMUSED” ♪
♪ “WHATEVER YOU DO,
DON'T TELL HIM YOUR NAME” ♪
♪ “WHATEVER YOU THINK,
DON'T LET HIM DRINK" ♪
♪ UNDER LIME, UNDER LIME,
UNDER LIME ♪
♪ HE WHISTLES OUT OF TUNE ♪
♪ HIS WORDS
DON'T ALWAYS RHYME ♪
♪ BUT WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK ♪
♪ WE'RE ALMOST OUT OF TIME ♪
♪ DOWN A LONG CORRIDOR,
HE'S TRYING TO IMPRESS ♪
♪ HE WAS HELPING A SHOWGIRL
FASTEN UP HER DRESS ♪
♪ AND THE CLOCK ON THE WALL
TICK-TOCKED THE TIME AWAY ♪
♪ AND THE BAND
STARTS TO PLAY& ♪
♪ ♪
♪ IN THE VIOLENT STRIP OF
AN UNDRESSING ROOM ♪
♪ SHE LOOSENED HIS
GRIP AND STARTED ♪
♪ “TELL ME YOUR STORY
IF YOU FEEL SO INCLINED” ♪
♪ HE WAS A MESS,
ALMOST RESIGNED ♪
♪ THOUGH SHE COULD GUESS,
I THINK YOU WILL FIND ♪
♪ SHE THOUGHT, “OH, YOU
KNOW, I WOULDN'T MIND” ♪
♪ HE ASKED HER
BOYFRIEND'S NAME ♪
♪ THEN HER WHOLE
FAMILY TREE ♪
♪ SHE THOUGHT I CAN'T BELIEVE
IT'S HAPPENING TO ME ♪
♪ AND UPSET, SAID “HEY,
PET, WOULD YOU KINDLY
PASS THAT PILL” ♪
♪ AND ALLOW ME TO JUST
DICTATE MY DYING WILL ♪
♪ AND THE CLOCK ON THE WALL
TICK-TOCKED THE TIME AWAY ♪
♪ AND THE BAND
STARTS TO PLAY& ♪
♪ ♪
♪ JIMMIE WAS DREAMING AS
SHE UNCROSSED HER LEGS ♪
♪ HE SHUTTERED
HIS EYES DISCREETLY ♪
♪ AND HE THOUGHT
OF A DRUMMER ♪
♪ AND CONSIDERED A SNARE ♪
♪ BUT THE BEAT OF HIS HEART
SAID, “DON'T EVEN START” ♪
♪ HIS CONSCIENCE WAS BARE ♪
♪ IT SAID “DON'T EVEN DARE” ♪
♪ SHE'S COMPLETELY UNAWARE ♪
♪ SHE FORCED A
LAUGH OR A SIGH ♪
♪ AT EVERY ALIBI ♪
♪ ONCE EVERY CRIME
WAS CONFESSED ♪
♪ HE BUTTONED UP HIS VEST
SAID, “HEY GAL, YOU'RE A PAL
YOU'VE REALLY BEEN A SPORT” ♪
♪ AND YOU DON'T GET A RECORD
IF YOU NEVER GET CAUGHT ♪
♪ AND THE CLOCK ON THE WALL
TICK-TOCKED THE TIME AWAY ♪
♪ AND THE BAND
STARTS TO PLAY& ♪
♪ ♪
♪ IT'S A LONG WAY DOWN FROM
THAT HIGH HORSE YOU'RE ON ♪
♪ IT'S A LONG WAY BACK,
'LESS YOU COVER YOUR TRACK ♪
♪ OR YOU BURY YOUR CRIME ♪
♪ UNDER LIME, UNDER LIME,
UNDER LIME, UNDER LIME ♪
♪ ♪
♪ IT'S A LONG WAY DOWN FROM
THAT HIGH HORSE YOU'RE ON ♪
♪ IT'S A LONG WAY BACK,
'LESS YOU COVER YOUR TRACK ♪
♪ OR YOU BURY YOUR CRIME ♪
♪ UNDER LIME, UNDER LIME,
UNDER LIME, UNDER LIME ♪
♪ IT'S A LONG WAY DOWN FROM
THAT HIGH HORSE YOU'RE ON ♪
♪ IT'S A LONG WAY BACK,
'LESS YOU COVER YOUR TRACK ♪
♪ CAUSE YOU BURY YOUR CRIME ♪
♪ UNDER LIME
UNDER LIME
UNDER LIME ♪
♪ ♪
