You Can Call Me Al

a man walks down the street
he says why am i soft in the middle now
Why am I soft in the middle the rest of my life is so hard
i need a photo-opportunity i want a shot at redemption
don't want to end up a cartoon in a cartoon graveyard
bonedigger bonedigger dogs in the moonlight
far away from my well-lit door
mr. beerbelly beerbelly get these mutts away from me
you know I don't find this stuff amusing anymore

if you'll be my bodyguard
i can be your long lost pal
i can call you betty
and betty when you call me you can call me al

man walks down the street
he says why am I short of attention
got a short little span of attention
and oh my nights are so long
where's my wife and family what if I die here
who'll be my role-model now that my role-model is
gone gone he ducked back down the alley
with some roly-poly little bat-faced girl
all along, long there were incidents and accidents
there were hints and allegations

if you'll be my bodyguard
i can be your long lost pal
i can call you betty
and betty when you call me you can call me al
you can call me -

man walks down the street
it's a street in a strange world
maybe it's the third world
maybe it's his first time around
he doesn't speak the language
he holds no currency
he is a foreign man
he is surrounded by the sound, sound
cattle in the marketplace
scatterlings and orphanages
he looks around, around he sees angels in the architecture
spinning in infinity, he says hey- hallelujah

if you'll be my bodyguard
i can be your long lost pal
i can call you betty
and betty when you call me you can call me al
you can call me-