Swing for the Crime (2004 Remaster)

Locked in a room full of words I'm a one-eyed midget with a curse The simpleton who sweetly smiles At his young lover now beguiled The sycophantic morons lied At Romeo, who is the bride, let's ride Stoned as I walk down the hall The ad men wait to hear the curse and call The angels scream in discontent As to the river they are lent The actors bow and pay the rent We cover them in cold cement Let's swing for the crime Everyone in double-time And we hope that you had a good time Yeah, smile as you sign on the line Because life on your knees can be fun Surprised now you're not the only one Led like a lamb into this gloom Yeah, Freud is in a back room with his goons Now they've got new experiments The metal groans, the limbs are rent The anti-heroes mock dissent We market now by mass consent We swing for the crime Everyone in double-time Scream like you'll burst if they cry Is changed by the words that you learn But Jack the Ripper is inside And Moriarty has imbibed They live, they marry, all the while We laugh and have them circumcised And we hope that you had a good time Yeah, smile as you sign on the line Because life on your knees can be fun Are you glad that you're not the only one?