Shorty's Lament (Intermission) - The Residents

Once, there was a Willie and he could see

That there was a Shorty and he could see

You could, you could tell that Shorty

Wouldn’t always be short, so he said

«Protect yourself, Shorty, protect yourself»

Once the fever finds your soul

Something else will take control

Something dark and from a bowl

Something says to me

But it can be indiscreet

And you tend to overheat

O’er the taste of soft and sweet

Something says to me

What can you do when something falls?

Walls close from somewhere, close from nowhere, like eyes

Can’t, can’t think clearly, I can’t think

But I can’t think clearly

Believe maybe you can, maybe you can help me

Bill, no, Willie, Willie, can you, doggone it, can you, Bill?

Can you, Will?

Maybe Jay?

No, no, he’s, bye, Jay, bye

I’ve got this light behind my eyes

And believe me, it tells me what, what to do

But I doubt it, it says that if you can’t win

Then there’s no way you can lose

If nature hates both a vacuum then the vacuum cleaner too

Then it laughs, I don’t know what this means

What can I do?

I don’t know

Love is, love is, love is, ahh

Love is, love is, love is, ahh

Love is, love is, love is, ahh

Love is expectation

Love is explanation

Love is exploitation, ahh

Somebody’s getting somebody happy

Love is complication

Love is consummation

Love is concentration, ahh

Oh, goddamn it, I can’t

Love is obligation

Love is insulation

Love is stimulation, ahh

It’s always, 'have a good weekend'

Love is ruination

Love is accusation

Love is navigation, ahhh

Is anybody, is anybody driving?

Someone’s gotta be, somebody driving?

I can’t drive, I’m not, is anybody driving?

Somebody must be driving

Is anybody, is anybody driving?

Is anybody driving at all?