The Feelers

It was an early morning meet-up at the mansion on the mountain The Maestro still had glitter on his face They led us to the office and once my eyes adjusted I took a little look around the place On the mantle was a portrait of his father and the fortune He'd amassed from being ruthless but polite And a bottle with a model, a specific British clipper ship On his desk, there was a pistol and a pipe The sunrise wasn't perfect, but it was close enough to count The vibrations were impatient, he said he's sick of running out But first we set the prices and then we talk about amounts The sweet parade the morning brings The drifters wearing angel wings The hard-distorted hymns they sing So sad the night is over The shepherds started spinning out The cowboys trying to dismount St. Francis with the pigeons on his shoulder Now while you're here in person I was kind of, sort of hoping I could ask you 'bout a girl I met last night She had the aura of an angel, but she had a couple problems I guess the big one is she's someone else's wife And she didn't bring it up with any sort of plan in place She said she was just putting out the feelers When she asked if she could choke you Underneath the blacklight poster With a spaceman saying, "Take me to your dealer" This scene, it only moves at a few different speeds Forage and gather, attack and retreat First we're gonna finish up our business Then we'll finally get some sleep All the things you never really noticed before Turned out that they don't even matter 'Cause when someone hits the switch in the kitchen All the insects just scatter The broken birds all headed south The pirates with the party mouth The corner boys all calling out So sad the war is finished Each daybreak, there's a new parade From uptown through the old arcades Along the way, we lost the flame But there's burners in the kitchen We've been staying late a lot That mansion on the mountaintop Did you think about the thing The Maestro mentioned? How tomorrow's pretty much today And I don't predict a major change Seems like you and me have got momentum Feels like now we're in this pretty deep We should get set up before we sleep Feels like now we're in this pretty deep We should get set up before we sleep