Overlords Lyrics - Singles - Stan Ridgway

Well I been breakin' rocks up on coolie #3 

I knnow it's been forever, thought you'd 

Never hear from me 

The weather up here is rotten 

Rainin' granite all the time 

And both moons are glowin'purple 

And there is no sun to shine 

I been diggin' deep down in a tunnel 

That goes twenty miles down 

And I know my life is cheap 

When I hear that rumblin' sound 

CHORUS 

Oh the overlords, got me workin' overtime 

Oh the overlords, they never make it rhyme 

And there is something in the air 

That is burnin' in my throat 

A big, black cloud is passin' 

Droppin' acid on my coat 

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 fromheir meaning was our crime 

Last night I had a dream 

When the guards all fell asleep 

I jumped a fence outside this pen 

And then I hot wired up the warden's jeep 

And I took a walk... 

CHORUS 

I still remember all those nights we had 

Together up on Mars 

We both stood in line to get some new tattoos 

While the kids got cut some scars 

And when they check the beds tonight 

They'll find a note scratched in the pine 

You now can seek me underground 

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

CHORUS 

>From a planet out in space, a signal you could trace 

Controllin' what you feel but you never see their face 

Oh the overlords, got me workin' overtime 

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