Tuesday - yes, it was Tuesday
When I saw my congressman coming out of the titty bar
He didn`t look like my congressman, but that`s okay
Nobody really looks like themselves anymore
I think its got something to do with that crap
They`ve been pouring into the water
I decided it might be wise to follow the congressman
Just to see what he was up to.
After all, my tax dollars do pay his salary.
The congressman got into a taxi, so I hailed a taxi
Despite the obvious dangers involved
And the coloured voices in my head began to sing:
All I gotta do is put my ear to the wall
And I can hear it all, yes I can hear it all
All I gotta do is put my ear to the wall
And I can even hear the little insects crawl
The congressman was in taxi number 23
And I was in cab 17
But numbers are meaningless in this kind of cat and squid game
My driver was an Aries
And he laughed when I said "Follow that cab!"
And he kept laughing until he saw the cold blue steel of Little Elvis
"Keep your god-damn hands off that radio!" I warned him
"I work for the government!"
This is actually a half truth
I`m really a bike courier
But I make a lot of deliveries to government offices.
That`s where I heard about the cheese.
And the coloured voices in my head kept singing:
All I gotta do is put my ear to the wall
And I can hear it all, yes I can hear it all
All I gotta do is put my ear to the wall
And I can even hear the little insects crawl
There`s this super secret government program called
"Operation the cheese stands alone"
It`s the congressmen`s pet project
They claim that they`re giving surplus cheese to the needy
I, of course, have my suspicions
After 15 very quiet minutes
The congressman`s cab pulled up outside a warehouse
I had the Aries circle around the building and drop me off.
He seemed to be grasping the importance of my mission
Since he said I didn`t have to pay him.
As long as I promised to stay very far away from him and his taxi.
I swear, some people just don`t want to get involved.
All I gotta do is put my ear to the wall
And I can hear it all, yes I can hear it all
All I gotta do is put my ear to the wall
And I can even hear the little insects crawl
So I walked into that cold dark place
Little Elvis drawn and ready for action
I too was ready -
Ready for the moment when I would be a real American
All I gotta do is bang my head on the wall
And I can have it all, yes I can have it all
All I gotta do is bang my head on the wall
And I can even make the little insects crawl
(x3)
