Pay the Man

I been to Mars like Cantiflas

Stupendous; over-extend us

Headlock, rock the cakewalk

Can’t tell the silk from the corn stalk

Repairman, spin in mid-air, man

Truth, no dare, man; truth wins out

Ides waters, direct from the spout

Stem-time Lemmy and you’re losing your clout

Hey! Did you pay the man?

Radio wave across the whole nation

Resonate forever, no interruption

Buzz trouble, dominate the frame

Hard to differentiate—said the wrong name

Money and electric light

Maybe love’s a tune where you dance at night

Just like Ondine on the Ondioline

I’m letting it get to me—blame the machine

Don the head of Frank, Big Bank Hank

Getting petty in the tank with a bowl of Kaboom!

I punched a couple bros at a screening of The Room

And I once sniffed dope in a Whataburger bathroom

Villanelles for the Shirelles—that’s the content of my 33 and 1/3

Paid later like a legislator

Mashed-potato Leonard and the liberty bird