Redneck

It's opening night Let's give them their money's worth May this show run and run Till it falls off the edge of the earth Put on your make-up Powder puff adder of mine Dusk is upon us Switch on that shining sign I am a major prophet I'm heaven and hell bent strong I am the height of a sign Wide of the mark Deep as the amazon I must impress on them This opportunity It'll be too late By the time they put me on tv I feel sharp I feel blunt A precision instrument I really gleam Watch me bite on a bullet And spit out a limousine I am a major prophet I'm heaven and hell bent strong I am the height of a sign Wide of the mark Deep as the amazon Feel my wild sadness blowing down Feel my wild sadness blowing All the way down I stand before you In full possession of the facts I make no use of effects No use for clever counterbalancing acts I've broken every bone of meaning In this body and this soul I've bought knowledge At the cost of a complete loss of self-control All the truth you can bear Is yours to take away tonight - the longer you leave it - the more there's to leave Like you, I once saw Those pretty colours in black and white - you've got to get it over with - stop being naive Strangers to truth and to fiction You will remain - if I meet you at the fountainhead - I'll win you downstream Walk away if you like You've only yourself to blame - I'm not talking eyewash - I'm talking strychnine I am a major prophet I'm heaven and hell bent strong I am the height of a sign Wide of the mark Deep as the amazon And I simply may be evil I simply may be evil