Fast Friends

I'll bet good money

I'll bet some beautiful money

That we could agree

With anybody here to disagree

That we could get up from the table

And nobody would know

You could leave your mouth talking and follow me out the window

I've idled here as long as I can

I've taken my entertainment like a man

I'm all ribbons, scissors, flowers, and shaking hand

I'm just a name in a black book attached to a face

At the back of your memory's window display

It's on the tip of your tongue, I'm sure

But I must away

Must be good to know people know so many people

Must be good to be somebody, good to be somebody they know

And the fastest of friends, the fastest of friends

I'm sure we'll all be

The fastest of friends, the fastest of friends

I'm sure we'll remain

Hey, hey

Die here in our deck chairs

Surrounded by beautiful shoes

Or hide out and meet down

Down at the bottom of the swimming pool

Climb the tower to the bell curve

That cuts us all so clean

Or shoot our sharpened arrows at their family trees

'Cause I know no quicker way, dear

To the shiny gates of Hell

Than a room full of handsome devils

Comparing everything to everything else

They just keep coming on like a driverless train

I can think of nothing adorable to say

It's half past the hour, it looks like rain

Do you like me?

Can I go now?

At the end of the yellow brick drive

Nobody waits for us

On our backs, on the roof of the car, watch the switchboard lighting up

And the fastest of friends, the fastest of friends

I'm sure we'll all be

The fastest of friends, the fastest of friends

I'm sure we'll remain

And don't worry, baby, they won't let this ship go down without us

And don't worry, baby, they won't let this ship go down without us

Without us

I'll bet good money

Bet some beautiful money