Shellfish Bastard

Rain falls on the city

The gutters wash it away

It flows to the river

And from the river to the bay

The bay opens up to the ocean

And if you follow it down and down

You hit the bottom

Ouch

Down there, there's a little bar

A dive

I've been there

I ordered myself a beer

Salty

A little feller sat down next to me

He looked lonesome

So I offered him a drink

And he sang me this song

The idea of fire, I like it

I snap at my friends all the time

When I find something shiny, I hide it

Whether or not it was mine

And this little blue world keeps on shrinkin'

And I'm thinkin' it's hard to believe

How far a heart can start sinkin'

When it's wrecked like a ship on the reef

Good grief

A poor little shellfish bastard, that's me

I don't need your sympathy

You can buy me a drink and be gone

Just a poor little shellfish bastard, and that's all

I'm forever bound to crawl

Back inside of my hideaway home

Alone

And life down here at the bottom

Is below as low as can be

So if you wanna hear sad songs, I've got 'em

And they're all in the loneliest key

Sea

A poor little shellfish bastard, that's me

I don't need your sympathy

You can buy me a drink and be gone

Just a poor little shellfish bastard, and that's all

I'm forever bound to crawl

Back inside of my hideaway home