The Man in the Arcade
Songs of the Folk
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A handsome, cussing man Preaching in a pickup bed Defending what he can control He speaks of providence Says, 'it's just common sense But God don't waste no time on a fool Now I'm a patriot But America don't got Nothing that Jesus Christ couldn't have sold The letter of the land Didn't come from His own hand So don't you dare pretend that it's gold, that it's gold "Madam, will you please Read my palm to me? Tell me what it says of my soul The Mount of Apollo The leaves and horoscopes All say, God don't waste no time on a fool And your love will turn to pain When you're waiting out in the rain For a minute of the sun to stain your bones Cuz love don't give a damn About the avaricious man It'll hide it's face and leave him with all he owns, all he owns If life's an hourglass Just time we have to pass Then the scores of sand possess all we do But the man in the arcade He's pullin' down the shade He's playing a new game called Me and You He pulls the plunger back Lets the steel ball wreck Every lonely, hammered pin in its path Life ain't no hourglass It's a captive ball in back That the player just can't get to turn loose And if he tilts the box too steep The strobing lights will cease 'Cuz God don't waste no time on a fool, on a fool
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