One more for the collection   you've got on your wall   paint it in the frame until   you hire out a little stall   and on a few,   you've got to laugh   as you inscribe    his autograph...   they are the ones that   everybody chooses   beautiful excuses   Closing in on targets    in an open sight   each one spins around you    and around you like a satellite   just take one down    when times are tough   a diamonetta in the rough   they are the ones that   everybody chooses   beautiful excuses   Always tragic perfect bait   they grip you as they captivate   twist, but do not fabricate   then imply they implicate   you get thirsty; while you wait   a demonstrator demonstrates   that you've run out of    holy water, dude      Your works of art are   hanging in the Parthenon   but where's the only one who   ever bothered to take you on   you can't explain    why that one's gone   until you put your finger on   whatever it accuses   beautiful forgery   such beautiful excuses   all you ever wanted someone   who refuses   beautiful