Song Description

Ballad of a strange unhappy man who ends up shooting his unfaithful wife

Lyrics

GEORGIE WAS A TELLER AND HE WORKED INSIDE A BANK
HIS SUIT WAS SHORT AND WRINKLED AND HIS HAIR WAS LONG AND LANK
WELL HIS MOTHER DIED IN CHILDBIRTH AND HIS DADDY DISAPPEARED
AND YOUNG GEORGIE LIVED IN INSTITUTIONS TILL HIS TEENAGE YEARS

WELL HIS DAYS HELD DESPERATION AND THE NIGHT HELD FEAR AND DREAD
AND GEORGIE LIVED ANOTHER LIFE TRAPPED INSIDE HIS HEAD
BUT THE MORNING BROUGHT REALITY AND WITH IT CAME THE PAIN
AND GEORGIE STAGGERED OUT THE DOOR TO FACE THE WORLD AGAIN

HE SAID WHY WHY WHY THIS IS NOT MY LIFE
AND I'M SEARCHING FOR AN EXIT I CAN TAKE
HE SAID HEY HEY HEY NOW THERE'S NOTHING LEFT TO SAY
AND I'M DROWNING IN A LIFE FOREVER GREY

WELL GEORGIE MET A WOMAN AT A BINGO HALL IN TOWN
MYRA NEVER LOVED HIM SHE JUST LIKED TO PUT HIM DOWN
BUT HE TOLD HER THAT HE LOVED HER AND THEY MARRIED IN THE PARK
AND THEY MOVED OUT TO SUBURBIA AND HE BOUGHT HIMSELF A CAR - IT WAS A MAZDA

AND THAT CAR BECAME HIS REFUGE FROM THE SORROW AND THE PAIN
WELL HE DROVE IT TO THE OFFICE AND HE DROVE IT HOME AGAIN
AND HE SETTLED INTO SAMENESS AND HE SEEMED TO SETTLE DOWN
THEN ONE DAY THAT WHOLE DAMN HOUSE OF CARDS CAME CRASHING TO THE GROUND

GEORGIE LEFT THE OFFICE AND HE STOPPED OFF AT A BAR
HE BOUGHT A QUART OF WHISKEY AND HE DRANK IT IN HIS CAR
AND HE DROVE OUT TO THE SUBURBS ANGER POUNDING IN HIS HEAD
AND THERE WAS MYRA UNDERNEATH A SALESMAN ON THE BED

WELL HE SHOT THAT SALESMAN IN THE ARSE MYRA SCREAMING WITH THE FRIGHT
THEN HE KNELT AND KISSED HE ON THE LIPS MORE SHOTS ECHOED THROUGH THE NIGHT
THEN HE WALKED OUT THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR NEVER EVEN LOOKED AROUND
AND HE CLIMBED INTO HIS MAZDA AND HE HEADED OUT OF TOWN

YOU KNOW THEY NEVER CAUGHT OLD GEORGIE THEY NEVER REALLY TRIED
AND IN A WHILE THEY CLOSED THE FILE SAID GEORGIE MUST HAVE DIED
WELL THE WHEELS JUST KEEP ON TURNING AND THE DAYS JUST TICK AWAY
AND GEORGIE'S BACK AND WORKING IN A BANK ACROSS THE BAY.