[rocketman]

west of Rome, just east of the border
in a static-y ramada inn
polishing his boots and pummeling his liver
steeped in the dark isolation
just what business does he have around here
credentials are wearing out with each little bit of cheer
yes it's a bad scene we're convening

brushing his teeth and milking his ulcer
preparing to waste another wily morning
stroking himself and them phoning up his sister
he tells her their life would make one whale of a movie
yes a childhood full of dry goods and wet neglect
the father they now sponge off they have no absorbing respect
yes he's a glad boy to have such a void
yes he's a martyr crawling accross cobble stones
from his cozy cottages just west of Rome
yes its a sad state for great suffering

Vic Chesnutt

also by Vic,

Built a king on compliments
Charisma and advertisements
Still they see him shimmer ephemeral
It ain't supernatural or maybe
Out of body experience I flew around the little room once
0n intravenous Demerol
It weren't supernatural
Sudden smell certain view
Sparks a whoppin case of the deja vu
Is it inexplicable It ain't supernatural or maybe