A man walks down th e street
he says why am I so ft in the middle now
w hy am I so ft in the middle
t he rest of my li fe is so hard
I need a pho to-opportunity
I want a shot at rede mption
d ont want to end up a ca rtoon
in a cartoon gra veyard
bo nedigger bo nedigger
d ogs in the moo nlight
f ar awa y my we ll-lit do or
Mr. Be erbelly Be erbelly
ge t these mutts awa y from me
you kno w I don't fi nd this stuff amu sing anymo re.
I f youll be my bo dyguard
I can be your lo ng lo st pa l
I can call you Be tty
and Be tty when you ca ll me
you can ca ll me Al.
A man walks down the street
he says why am I short of attention
got a short little span of attention
and wo my nights are so long
wheres my wife and family
what if I die here
wholl be my role-model
now that my role-model is
gone gone
he ducked back down the alley
with some roly-poly little bat-faced girl
all along along
there were incidents and accidents
there were hints and allegations.
If youll be my bodyguard
I can be your long lost pal
I can call you Betty
and Betty when you call me
you can ca ll me Al
call me A l.
A man walks down the street
its a street in a strange world
maybe its the Third World
maybe its his first time around
he doesnt speak the language
he holds no currency
he is a foreign man
he is surrounded by
the sound the sound
cattle in the marketplace
scatterlings and orphanages
he looks around around
he sees angels in the architecture
spinning in infinity
he says Amen and Hallelujah!
If youll be my bodyguard...
