WHO ‘YA GONNA BELIEVE?

BY JAY WELLER

 

THERE, ON THE COVER

SMILES A WOMAN NAMED STEVE

 

YOUR CAPTORS STOOD SENTRY

WITH SIMON LEGREE

 

DON’T EVEN MENTION

WHAT’S ON THAT TV

 

WHEN THE RATS

RULE THE BELFRY

WHO YA’ GONNA BELIEVE?

 

BRIDGE

 

PAST THE GATES

LAY THE STONES

WHERE THE OLD MOTHERS GRIEVE

 

TO THE TOWNS

WHERE THE MEN

TOIL AND THEY HEAVE

 

COMES VANISHING WISHES

OF CAVIAR DREAMS

 

A BIG PIECE OF SHIT

ON TOP OF YOUR ICE CREAM

 

BRIDGE

 

WHO SAYS THAT ALL MEN

JUST CLIMBED OUT OF THE SEA?

 

WHAT IS IT NOW,

THAT IS KILLING THE BEES?

 

YOUR GLORIOUS LEADERS

ARE COVERED IN SLEAZE

 

YOUR JUDGES IN CHAMBERS

DOWN ON THEIR KNEES

 

BRIDGE

 

THERE, IN THE WOODS

AMONG THE TALL TREES

 

THE SUNLIGHT CARESSES

EACH MAGICAL LEAF

 

FOR MILLIONS OF MILES

A GLORIOUS STREAM

 

PERFECTLY CRAFTED

IN FUNCTION AND MEANS

 

BRIDGE

 

ITS SOON TIME TO GO

SO, WITH THIS I WILL LEAVE

 

FROM WHEN IT BEGAN

AND WHAT END YOU RECEIVE

 

IS THERE REALLY A QUESTION

WHO YA’ GONNA BELIEVE?

 

IS THERE REALLY A QUESTION

WHO YA’ GONNA BELIEVE?