Suicide Town

[Verse 1]
The seagulls are wheeling and haggling
Over takeaway scraps on the main drag at dawn
Some black-eyed old susan walks up and asks me if I'd like to get off or on
I've been up for so long
I don't think I'll ever come down
This life's just a bruise
On the surface of Suicide Town

[Verse 2]
Outside the clip joint the tuxedo thugs
Are kicking some drunk in the brains
Armed to the teeth with the wild animal logic
Of the terminally insane
They knock off at six
And they're in at the Anchor & Crown
Where the old fellows toast thе new morning
In Suicide Town

[Verse 3]
Singing wherе have you gone
Mrs Brown's lovely daughter
Gone from the meat market
Down to the abattoir
So many had her
And nobody caught her
And one day she floated away
Where are you now
Mrs Brown's lovely daughter
"I drowned in the ocean of
God's holy water
All my wee lambs
They were lead to the slaughter
And then I just floated away"

[Verse 4]
And the squad cars hiss over the asphalt
And the circle around
Like sharks in the rain
No one looks at the directly
We watch their reflection
In shop window panes
Give them a gun
And a badge they can wear like a frown
And they'll make sure it's business as usual in suicide town

[Verse 5]
Oh dear what can the matter be
There goes the ambulance
Off to the cemetery
Dumping off more
Victims of chemistry
Nobody knew I was there

[Verse 6]
Down at the cab rank
We all stand in line
In the alfresco casualty ward
There's no conversation
There's only the small talk
Most of it's wild and absurd
I wish I was home
I can't sleep but I'd love to lie down
And watch the amphetamine replay
Of Suicide Town
The seagulls are wheeling and haggling
Over takeaway scraps on the main drag at dawn