IT WAS IN THE SMOKING FRYING PAN   YEAH THAT’S WHERE WE’D BEEN DRINKING   LEFT A STREAM OF FOAMING PISS   UP A LANEWAY IN YOUR DISTRICT   THE TRAIN HAD TRAILING SPARKS   THAT FIZZED LIKE RIND AND GRIZZLE   IT WAS GIVE OR TAKE AN AVERAGE DAY   THOUGH MY ACCOUNTS ARE FIDDLED      AND THEY ARE NOT   GIVING MUCH AWAY   NO THEY ARE NOT… NOT… NOT    GIVING MUCH AWAY   GONNA KEEP THE POWDER DRY   BUT THEY DON’T KNOW WHY   THE TARGETS LOOK SO SOFT   THESE TARGETS LOOK SO SOFT      I KINDLY HELPED AN EMPTY CAN   UP A ROADWAY IN THE DRIZZLE   WALKED THE WORN OUT PATH    THAT CUTS A SHORTCUT ROUND THE PRISON   THERE IS NOT MUCH LEFT    THAT’S RIGHT SMACK BANG DOWN THE MIDDLE   WHEN THE PEOPLE FACE THE BULLDOZERS   THE ALARMS THEY SHOULD BE RINGING      BEST JUST STEP IN FROM THE RAIN   AND SHOW A LITTLE RESTRAINT   ACT AGAINST THE ACTION    BEFORE IT’S WAY TO LATE   THEY HAVE BEING EGGING ME ON   THEY TREAT THOSE GUNS   LIKE THEY’RE    WHY ARE WE KEEPING THE POWDER DRY   WHEN THE TARGETS LOOK THIS SOFT?