God said it's fortunate   how the noose surrounds your neck   Christ says its blasphemy   how the devil is heaven sent   and Hitler painted Christmas scenes   of ice caps on the snow      And I forgot to breathe   24 hours ago      Now that Earth has flipped around   from ozone   to mire   And the last dependable thing   is that my newspaper arrives at five   and I'm on the short end   of the ugly stick   for being fascist   not sure what i believe in   but i'm sure of what i don't   cause it doesn't deserve it      i'm the shiver man here   trapped in your father's ford   in your back seats I'll fuss around   got nothing good to do   except wait alone   home      a gravel road runs beside   a rusty wire fence   the evening sun cuts past   the cracks of public trees   and something moves in the ditch   beneath the weeds   the birds forget to sing   as the tractor roars   fortitude    wants a lie      brace the stock between your knees   like you've done before   put barrel in your mouth   much like you deserve   I deserve far worse      I'm the shiver man here   trapped in your father's ford   in your backseats I'll fuss around   got nothing good to do   except wait alone   so alone      you should have went "wait, wait"      I'm the one you claim to love   yet I'm alone   in your back seats   I will wake up cold   I'm all alone   in your back seats   I will wake up cold   I'm all alone   in your back seats   I will wake up cold         one more step   to turn the hand of god   from divine    to planned    flips upside down   shiver man   you could have jumped in   from the mezzanine   to plunge or fly