Meet the Kid

Suspended from a trapeze wire

That China man with yellow flowers

That line the graves of everyone

Who always thought they'd get back up

Like something on a giant screen

Life flashes on and off

While girls in armor make it rain

On boys who talk so tough

And everyone's just standing here

Just waiting for a sign

And I want to be the kid who's not

I want to be the kid

I want to be the kid who's not

A Christmas shopping mall like din

Just fills the air of old Berlin

Swears most of all through thick and thin

You'll never hear that angel choir sing

As sweet or low or thick with petty thieves

Who'll stow away your soul

On the first ship passes by only going one

Way outside the scope of your compass rose

And everyone just stands so froze

With those gaping holes inside

And I want to be the kid who's not

I want to be the kid

I want to be the kid who's not

Oh yeah and I want to meet the kid

I want to greet the kid

And just congratulate the kid who's not

So come on by

You come on buy

You come on by

You come on buy

Yeah come on by

You come on buy

You come on by

You come on

You come on

You come on