A big black wide gorilla Like a dreadful mighty killer Well I was looking at a movie on the TV last night Then I had a very funny notion, yeah I really had to write a song about it And then I'm gonna sing it with my rock 'n roll band And I bet the people

Does it almost feel like How am I gonna be an optimist about this? And the walls kept tumbling down In the city that we love Grey clouds roll over the hills Bringing darkness from above But if you close your eyes, Nothing changed at all? And if you close

Some kind of ecstasy got a hold on me And I'm wondering where the lions are I'm wondering where the lions are Sun's up, uuh huh, looks okay The world survives into another day And I'm thinking about eternity I had another dream about lions at the door

Oh well, I'm ignorant But not to the fact that I'm ignorant, of course I know that, I'm indifferent I don't care to know what I don't I don't care 'til I'm coming home And my dad tell me some shit about when he my age, he was doing shit Protesting about

I think I'm on another world with you I'm on another planet with you Another girl, another planet I always flirt with death I look ill but I don't care about it I can face your threats and Stand up straight and tall and shout about it You get under my

We went down, we cruised round We went down, down, down in the violence We didn't hear no violins We weren't all bad I'm not talkin' about security complex I ain't talkin' about some monochrome duplex I ain't talkin' about some new kinda weird sex The

Memories will taunt you, And I will try to love you, I come back to haunt you, It's not like I'm above you, See you there, We'll make our agreements, About when to meet, And I'll leave you in the doorway, The cold evening aches,

Somebody call the rescue 'cause I think I'm on the edge Yeah you're just like a sledgehammer While you were on the phone lyin' to me You were lyin' next to who It ain't nothing to do about the heartache It's just a little thing called you You keep

You'll find another life to live That's true, that's right She's sipping Moet, and yeah I swear it gets her wetter My Louboutins new, so my bottoms they is redder No I'm not a rat but I'm all about my cheddar Just talked to your homie she said we should

I'm old fashioned But I don't mind it That's how I want to be As long as you agree To stay old fashioned with me I am not such a clever one About the latest fads I admit I was never one Adored by local lads Not that I ever try to be a saint