Stan Ridgway - Overlords lyrics

rate me

Well, I been breakin' rocks

Up on coolie number three

I know it's been forever

Thought you'd never hear from me

The weather here is rotten

Rainin' granite all the time

And both moons are glowin' purple

And there is no sun to shine

I keep diggin' deep down in a tunnel that goes

Twenty miles down

And I know my life is cheap

When I hear that rumblin' sound

Oh, the overlords

Got me workin' overtime

Oh, the overlords

No, they never make it rhyme

And there is somethin' in the air

That is burnin' in my throat

A big black cloud is passin'

Droppin' acid on my coat

Oh, the overlords

Got me workin' overtime

It's been ten years and a day

After World War Nine

They pushed us to make meaning

And from the meaning was our crime

Last night I had a dream––

When the guards all fell asleep

Oh, I jumped a fence outside this pen

And then I hot wired up the warden's jeep

And then I took a walk...

Chorus repeat

I still remember all the nights

We had together up on Mars

We both stood in line to get some new tattoos

While the kids got cut some scars

When they check the beds tonight

I'll leave a note scratched in the pine:

"You now can seek me underground

Where I'll be monkey-wrenchin' all the time"

Chorus repeat

From a planet out in space

A signal you could trace

Controlling what you feel

But you never see their face

Oh, the overlords

Got me workin' overtime

Oh, the overlords

Oh, the overlords

Oh, the overlords

Oh, the overlords

Yeah, the overlords

Yeah, the overlords