The Tiger Lillies - World's Upside-Down lyrics
[The Tiger Lillies - World's Upside-Down lyrics]
You climb down the mountains and place
The flag in the base camp
The town's dignitaries are
All alcoholic tramps
The poor live in penthouses and the
Rich they live in slums
Poor children grade-A students and
The rich delinquent bums
Cat burglars leave money in your home
Ring for an appointment when
They visit your home
The whores they give you money when
With them you have sex
The rapists ask permission and
Which position is best
The National Galleries are now
All filled with fakes
Original old masters can be
Bought at garden fetes
The best writers and artists
Always win the prize
The doctors battle hard to stop
You from being alive
At your birth everybody breaks down and cries
At your funeral they cheer when you have died
The sky is blue and sunny, you feel down
When it's grim and grey you're
As happy as a clown the world is upside down
The flag in the base camp
The town's dignitaries are
All alcoholic tramps
The poor live in penthouses and the
Rich they live in slums
Poor children grade-A students and
The rich delinquent bums
Cat burglars leave money in your home
Ring for an appointment when
They visit your home
The whores they give you money when
With them you have sex
The rapists ask permission and
Which position is best
The National Galleries are now
All filled with fakes
Original old masters can be
Bought at garden fetes
The best writers and artists
Always win the prize
The doctors battle hard to stop
You from being alive
At your birth everybody breaks down and cries
At your funeral they cheer when you have died
The sky is blue and sunny, you feel down
When it's grim and grey you're
As happy as a clown the world is upside down