I have always been here   And I'll always be there   I can honestly tell you   That I really don't care   If all the babies are broken   And the old folks are blind   There's a hole in my heart   But I know you don't mind   If I laugh at the cripples   And I cry for the clowns   And I welcome the madness   That I see coming down   And I have no opinions   So I feel no remorse   I can see the Black Knight   Riding up on his horse   And there's fire in his nostrils   And blood in his eyes   And he's looking at you, kid   As he races on by   So watch out for his hooves   They're going to kill you for sure   He's got some kind of sickness   That no man can cure   And his breath it will burn you   And put out your eyes   He'll tear out your tongues   So you can't even cry   That your body is broken   And your spirit is dead   And you hope against hope   That it's a bad dream you had   About a meeting with Elvis   At the back of the store   You're both shoveling plastic ware   Right out of the door   And the men who control you   Keep yelling for more, more, more, more   You pay all your taxes   But you don't know what for   'Cos nothing seems to get better   Things seem to get worse   We're all living in danger   From a politician's curse   All promises have been broken   All lips have been read   Well the mouth has spoken   But nothing's been said   The dream has been shattered   The flags have been burned   You better make up your minds   From whatever you've learned   About your family values   And the way they've been scorned   Some babies have been battered   Way before they've been born   Some call me a liar   Some call me a thief   But the way that I look at things   I can't get no relief   So I went to a meeting   Spoke out of fear   They said Thank you for sharing   Now why are you here?   I said everything's shaking   Including myself   I keep all my feelings   High up on a shelf   And I can't seem to reach them   But I know they were there   I'm trapped in this vacuum   And I'm gasping for air   Some people get better   Some people just fall   Some people rise above it   Or so I've been told   So I started to leave   I was searching for more   They caught a hold of my sleeve   But I slipped through the door   I ran back to the office   With my back to the wall   When I came to my senses   I had no one to call   So I called up the doctor   He told me to lie   He said Get out of this nightmare   Or you surely will die   So I forced myself to wake up   And opened my eyes   But the man in the mirror   Was there in disguise   He was playing his part   Living in a trance   Sentenced to be a witness   'Cos he had no defense   The anesthetic is wearing thin   And you're starting to sweat   And you finally realize   That it aint over yet   'Cos the way you've been feeling   They must have hit a nerve   I know it's not what you want   But it's what you deserve   The operation is over   Listen to me please   I'm begging forgiveness   Down on my knees   Coming back to consciousness   I was out of my head   And the dream is over   I'm back in my bed   I have always been here   And I'll always be there   I can honestly tell you   That I really do care   I gotta tell you the truth   About the sadness I find   I have opened my heart to you   And I hope you don't mind