The Devil Is Beating His Wife

The Devil Is Beating His Wife

Pedro The Lion
(album: Achilles Heel)

a white ghost
making his way up the west coast
trying to focus his high hopes
on a vagina or two
he´s taking his chances

meanwhile
back in his living room
bright smiles
are watching his toddler run speed trials
over his grandmothers rug
and nature advances

up the interstate
he´s been awake
and pretty drunk for three whole days
no one wants to stop
until they get to where they´re going

i´ll get to where i´m going
pretty soon

so he takes another drink
he´s watching the scenery bleed
into each similar scene
it isn´t as sweet
as it had been in his dreams

it´s faster
to buy cigarettes and some cold bear
if you don´t raddle the cashier
by asking her back to your room

she´s calling security

a cars on fire in the parking lot
and nobody wants it to rain
but god isn´t listening
so all the windshields glisten

the water and oil mix
causing the fire to spread
to five or six
innocent automobiles
waiting in the nearby spots

oh what a cruel god we´ve got

so he takes another drink
he´s watching the scenery bleed
into each similar scene
it isn´t as sweet
as it had been in his dreams