No Mercy For the Muse

[Verse 1]
Shabby boys kept you up all night
Oh, sentimental drinkers
Sing songs that end
In fights about fights

[Refrain]
And they'll swear to you
That they just can't help it, no
That poem in their head
That painting of your bed
It must out

[Verse 2]
Does time stand still when you cross the room
Oh, surely it must do
When they write a song
That goes on, and on about you

[Verse 3]
Does your golden hair
Fall in waves
No mention of a spot
Tantrum or tooth rot
Not for them

[Verse 4]
Just pearly smiles
And Mona Lisa wiles
For your coterie of stars
Your barrel of charlatans

[Chorus]
Celebrate, and they will venerate
Hold their heads in the morning glare
For with some faint praise
They will hold your gaze
And dedicate it all to you
Yeah, dedicate it all to you

[Verse 5]
Oh, you live your life
In black and white
No subtlety for you
No mercy for the muse
It's true

[Verse 6]
Come in again, Number Ten
Oh, your army of typewriters
Your consequence of biters
Won't last long

And life will burden you not
Love will carry on with a thrust

[Refrain]
And they'll swear to you
That they just can't help it
That poem in their head
That painting of your bed
It must out
It must out

[Chorus]
Celebrate, and they will venerate
Hold their heads in the morning glare
For with some faint praise
They will hold your gaze
And dedicate it all to you
Yeah, dedicate it all to you