Levon wears his war wound like a crown    He calls his child Jesus    'Cause he likes the name    And he sends him to the finest school in town       Levon, Levon likes his money    He makes a lot they say    Spends his days counting    In the garage by the motorway       He was born a pauper to a pawn on a Christmas Day    When the New York Times said God is dead    And the war's begun    Alvin Tostig has a son today       And he shall be Levon    And he shall be a good man    And he shall be Levon    In tradition with the family plan    And he shall be Levon    And he shall be a good man    He shall be Levon       Levon sells cartoon balloons in town    His family business thrives    Jesus blows up balloons all day    Sits on the porch swing watching them fly       And Jesus, he wants to go to Venus    leaving Levon far behind    Take a balloon and go sailing    While Levon, Levon slowly dies       He was born a pauper to a pawn on a Christmas Day    When the New York Times said God is dead    And the war's begun    Alvin Tostig has a son today       And he shall be Levon    And he shall be a good man    And he shall be Levon    In tradition with the family plan    And he shall be Levon    And he shall be a good man    He shall be Levon       And he shall be Levon    And he shall be a good man    And he shall be Levon    In tradition with the family plan    And he shall be Levon    And he shall be a good man    He shall be Levon