Fool of the Commonwealth drove down there Down turnpike Desperate for food, desperate for respite
The steak place The steak place
Cheap carpet lines the way Aluminium tack door handles Candelabra lion's head Via butchers display too
The steak place The steak place
Via a carcass row Things are brought forward and eaten I see the corners filled with hitmen Two young lawyers, they are whispering in the steak place The steak place
I wanna stay here I don't wanna go anywhere I could remain here
Head down Head down Head down Head, head, head down The steak place The steak place
I'd stop the automation I'd sit behind dusty lace I have a word with hitmen I give off a beatific face
The steak place The steak place From New York city run screaming Into New England states Combined a man not should have to do this A man should not use his fist in the steak place The steak place
I wanna stay here I don't wanna go anywhere I shall remain here
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