Take a litle walk to the edge
of town
Go across the tracks
Where the viaduct looms,
like a bird of doom
As it shifts and cracks
Where secrets lie in the
border fires,
in the humming wires
Hey man, you know
you're never coming back
Past the square, past the
bridge,
past the mills, past the
stacks
On a gathering storm comes
a tall handsome man
In a dusty black coat with
a red right hand
He'll wrap you in his arms,
tell you that you've been a
good boy
He'll rekindle all the dreams
it took you a lifetime to
destroy
He'll reach deep into the
hole,
heal your shrinking soul
Hey buddy, you know you're
never ever coming back
He's a god, he's a man,
he's a ghost, he's a guru
They're whispering his name
through this disappearing
land
But hidden in his coat
is a red right hand
You ain't got no money?
He'll get you some
You ain't got no car? He'll
get you one
You ain't got no self-respect,
you feel like an insect
Well don't you worry buddy,
cause here he comes
Through the ghettos and the
barrio
and the bowery and the slum
A shadow is cast wherever he
stands
Stacks of green paper in his
red right hand
(Organ solo)
You'll see him in your
nightmares,
you'll see him in your dreams
He'll appear out of nowhere
but
he ain't what he seems
You'll see him in your head,
on the TV screen
And hey buddy, I'm warning
you to turn it off
He's a ghost, he's a god,
he's a man, he's a guru
You're one microscopic cog
in his catastrophic plan
Designed and directed by
his red right hand.
