What do you think is going on here, the old man sat on his chair?
Do you think this is anything new?
Now look here, son.
This is just like it was back in the old days, before the last war.
Then the politics changed, the scene rearranged, and became what we know now as Quo.
Oh yeah, there were times when everyone smiled and agreed that the good times would roll.
But a heartbeat away was the crime that did pay, and a shot that was heard around the world.
If you go to sleep, the old man explained, you're just going to miss on your turn.
But if you stay awake, the path that you take may in fact become a bridge to be burned.
And the old man turned away, and the women seared him aside.
It's already too late, he whispered, but there's certainly no reason to cry.
There you see it, the last pioneer is waving his flag, framing the organ, bone by bone.
Burning his sections, twisting his rag, and walking on glass as he's clearing his tomb.
Yeah, nevertheless, there's no money, said the kid.
Yeah, well, high-priced hookers are watching the match, said the old man, prepared to face the music and laugh.
Bring the shadows down on the heads of the soft ladies that lie on their back.
Well, nevertheless, there ain't no money, the kid said.
Well, so huddle the future and rewrite the past, said the old man.
Raise the hammer and stifle the noose.
Polish the armor and dust off the grass.
There's more dead-end options here than we'll ever use.
But nevertheless, there's no money, said the kid.
Well, hell, there's glitter galore in the temple of gold.
And nevertheless, there ain't no money, the second-hand hardware all over the world.
Nevertheless, there ain't no money.
Well, listen, the tides have turned.
The crowd's flooding in.
Yeah, but nevertheless, there ain't no money, said the kid.
Yeah, but nevertheless, there ain't no money, the second-hand hardware all over the world.
Don't worry.
Nevertheless, there ain't no money, said the kid.
Well, what do you want me to do about it, said the old man.
Not with every argument I can towards the fact that the lawyers are leeching the marrow out of the bones of anyone who's got an original idea in this country.
Well, what country are you talking about, said the kid?
I'm talking about the country where my nephew makes honey out of old orange peels built in plastic out of old band-aids.
I'm talking about a country where the sun never sets.
I'm talking about a country where fish are the bricks that build the edifices from which you can throw yourself in a veritable syndrome of court reverence.
Ah-ha-ha! Greed, guns, and corporate vests.
Nevertheless, there ain't no money, said the kid.
Marks and pounds and pieces of flesh, said the old man.
Nevertheless, there ain't no money, said the kid.
Hey, no protection is worth a damn, said the old man.
Nevertheless, there ain't no money, said the kid.
They're saying that water's a hell of a land, said the old man.
Nevertheless, there ain't no money, said the kid.
They're carving the marble the shape of the urn.
Nevertheless, there ain't no money.
A goat need image to touch stone?
Nevertheless, there ain't no money.
Oh, my God, said the kid.
What am I going to do with my life now?
The woman said,
Well, no, senor.
That sounds like some poison from a rock.
Nevertheless, there ain't no money, said the old man.
The young man had evidently no worth suiting.
Nevertheless, there ain't no money, said the old man.
State of Vermont? North America? said the kid.
Nevertheless, there ain't no money, said the old man.
We are doing it again and again and again.
Nevertheless, there ain't no money, said the old man.
May I help you, sir?
Yes, I'd like to buy a map, please.