I was born on a close street down a hill 
The trees that line the street 
Could sense the winter change 
They felt the chill 
They ducked and dived 
And so we knew that they were alive 
Until the year the silver rain came down 
The trees turned mauve 
And so did my hands 
Oh, and the sound 
There was no sound and I'm freezing in the sun 
Nobody cares to hide the dopeheads and the suicides
'Cause everyone freezes in the sun 
And it's fallin' away 

I kicked around with Harry 
Who lived near Salisbury Plain 
He worked on the cathedral there every now and again
He worked with stone, carved with stone 
Odd jobs on the telephone 
One sunny day he was sent to the Houses of Parliament
Chipping' away at the gargoyles 
Under the blistering sun 
He carved out "Maggie Sucks" on the backs of every one
And so in five-hundred years 
There's gonna be some history here 
After it all subsides in the sun 

And it's fallin' away 
And I don't wanna know 
I'm glad I don't know 
What's draggin' it under 

Another day, another loon 
A new pied piper calls the tune 
So blow it up, watch it explode 
Noah's ark on overload 
Wrestle with the results and throw 'em round the ring
Everybody knows there ain't no rules in wrestling
(everybody knows there ain't no rules) 
The referee's a dupe 
Who only old ladies and children believe 
I'm getting up now to leave 
I'll go back to that street someday
The air's better there anyway 
Though the trees are still gonna freeze in the sun 

And it's fallin' away 
And I don't wanna know 
I'm glad I don't know 
What's draggin' it under