The cats are in heat
The sky is all brown
And you need my hand to hold
But I will let you down
If you bump your bald head on the cold riverbed
I'll be next to your guardian angel
Watching you drown

And I hope your mailmen break you by the billions
And if they do not break you
May you live to see your horses jump from buildings
And you wake up all hot and hogtied
And you pray your old sail rises
May your hound dog enter starving
And chew away your two useless prizes
And may Jesus lay his foot on the back of your head
As your seasick one-eyed cow stands laughing
With her tail around your neck

And when you drown in that river
I'll be having a smoke with your guardian angel
We'll be making love, telling jokes

I will let you down
I will let you down
I will let you down
I will let you down
I will let you down
I will let you down
I will let you down, down
I will let you down
I will let you down