Purchase Rope

Well, this bus never comes on time when you need it to
When it finally does, the driver takes his break
And by the time you arrive, there ain't a person in sight
And it's apparent that building's clock has always been late
And in the shelter on Broad, there is a man in a white coat
Who is threatening the people who dare to come too close
And when he falls back asleep in his seat,
All his friends run off to purchase rope
Yeah!
9 times out of 10, they will get your money if they want it
That's the thing about the framework that you gotta understand
And you can take it from Sheila, there ain't a person that'll help you
It's the kind of thing the Devil loves to hear about, y'know
And at the banks of the river, where the garbage collects
There is a group of kids trying not to stick out their necks
But when they do get close, there's another group of folks
Who get rope
Yeah!
9 times out of 10, the engine fails deep in the desert
9 times out of 10, the junkie gets his fix or gets sick
9 times out of 10, the rope breaks when you're hanging by a thread
And you end up in a bottomless pit
And in the depths of a warehouse, a rotar arm breaks
And everybody starts to panic as they attempt to replace it
And the foreman hits the road, he's headed straight to his home
To gather coils of rope, yeah!