Race To The Bottom

Sliding along by the Seine, it's May Day This song’s in my head once again It's a long way down to the bottom we've been racin’ Coughing my lungs up on rue des Irlandais Becoming a risk to myself It's a long way down to the bottom and we're racin' The radio silence and the anarchists Are gathering names, dates and lists for burnin' It's a long way down to the bottom that we've been racin' [Bridge] Oh, how you move me, truly Oh, how you set my heart aglow [Verse 2] I’m shadowing in with the crowds unnoticed Somebody painted an ’X' on my back It’s a long way down to the bottom and we're racin' There's piss on the streets after dark in Paris Even our dear Joan of Arc, she knows It’s a long way down to the bottom and we've been racin' [Chorus] Even the gods as they gaze down on us Know that there's no one to be saved among us They keep turning away, turning away We're singing along with the righteous people The bullets will rain down from the mosques and steeples They keep turning away, turning away [Verse 3] A taste for the wine and a woman's forgiveness Her man's in decline, oh, it's a nasty business It's a long way down to the bottom that we've been racin' Our blood is no thicker than this water, my brother You'll find out soon one way or the other It's a long way down to the bottom that we've been racin' [Chorus] Even the clouds that send the rains down on us See a horizon that goes way beyond us They keep driftin' away, driftin' away While down in the dark in the tick-tock alleys Time's running out and there's still bills to tally We keep chippin' away, chippin' away [Verse 4] Slidin' along with the bouquinistes Baldwin and Brecht and the distance between us It's a long way down to the bottom that we've been racin' I'm rising up strong like a snake that's charmed A handsome Parisienne on my arm It's a long way down to the bottom that we've been racin', yeah