If you come to find me affable
Build a replica for me
Would the idea to you be laughable
Of a pale facsimile?So will you come to burn an effigy?
It should keep the flies away
And when you long to burn this effigy
It should be of the hours that slip away, slip awayIt could be you, it could be me
Working the door, drinking for free
Carrying on with your conspiracies
Filling the room with a sense of uneaseFake conversations on a nonexistent telephone
Like the words of a man who's spent a little too much time alone
When one has spent too much time aloneSo will you come to burn my effigy?
It should keep the flies away
If you long to burn an effigy
It should be of a man whose has lost his way, slips awayIt could be you, it could be me
Working the door, drinking for free
Carrying on with your conspiracies
Filling the room with a sense of uneaseFake conversations on a nonexistent telephone
Like the words of a man who's spent a little too much time alone
When one has spent too much time alone