The Honest Gentleman

[PATIENTS]
There's an honest gentleman
In between the lines
Running through the heart of human nowhere
How he glistens, how he shines
What's he hiding? Nothing!
Such an honest gentleman
He makes a fella shy
Is he on the run from God and country?
Is he chasing some new way to die?
Who, for fuck sake, are you?

[LUC, spoken & PATIENTS]
Rifles go up on both sides (Rifles up)
And aim is taken (Aim)
We've all got our fingers on the triggers (Fingers)
On the triggers
But you can't shoot—

[PATIENTS]
'Cause he's naked!
Oh, you're naked, Mister
Whatcha doin' there?
Whatcha doin' bare
As the moon?
Whatcha doin' there
In your birthday suit
You bloody loony?
Are you crazy, Mister?
Are you crazy
Bare as bugger all?

[PATIENT]
Wer sind Sie?
Who are you?

[LUC, spoken]
You can hear the questions up and down the line

[PATIENTS, variously, spoken]
Got a side, ya bleeding loon?
Who do you belong to?
Get down, ya shite

[PATIENT]
Or I'll shoot your nuts off!

[LUC, spoken]
But they don't, you see
Because they can't
He might be one of theirs
'Course we made up names for him
He gets names in every language

[PATIENTS & LUC, spoken]
The Honest Gentleman
Der ehrliche Herr
Blanker Geist (Naked Nick, Nuts on Parade)

[PATIENTS]
Nüsse auf Parade
The Night Traveler
Der Fremde
Der Nachtreisende
The Stranger
The Skin Messenger
Der Nachtreisende
The Honest Gentleman

[LUC, spoken]
For us, he was L'Inconnu

[PATIENTS]
L'Inconnu
L'Inconnu

[LUC, spoken]
The Unknown
He was like some dog on an errand
Going about his business, up to something all his own
And he was passing out of sight
Maybe he wasn’t there at all is what you think
But you could hear them calling up the line

[PATIENTS, variously]
Where are you going?
Where are you going, Mister?
You headed home? (Where are you going?)
Gehen Sie nach Hause? (Where are you going, Mister?)

[LUC, spoken & PATIENTS]
But we never found out (Nehmen Sie mich mit ihnen?)
Whoever he was, he never looked up

[PATIENTS]
Take me with you
Take me with you
Gehen Sie nach Hause?
Home
Take me home (Take me home)
Take me with you, Mister
Home