Ethiopians

[Verse 1]

Window mounted air conditioning unit

Humming like a hive

We want to send postcards to the friends we used to have

Rub their noses in the ugly fact that we are still alive

And we play lovers reggae

On accordion and banjo

When the moon is high

And we lie on the floor

Get suspicious of the people

Who've just moved in next door

[Chorus 1]

The bad taste in our mouths

The twinkle in your eye

Good things never last

Bad things never die

[Verse 2]

Wind chime from Tahiti that we found down at the auction

Tolls its minor chord

And I can't think of one thing in this whole wide blessed world

That's more dangerous and frightening

Than you when you get bored

We go though scads of money

Don't know where it comes from

Don't know where it goes

And we stare, out the window

See the poison flowers the neighbors grow

Sprouting up in nice neat rows

[Chorus 2]

The swelling in our limbs

The twinkle in your eye

Good things never last

Bad things never die

[Outro]

(Good things never last)

(Bad things never die)

(Good things never last)

(Bad things never die)

(Good things never last)

(Bad things never die)

(Good things never last)

(Bad things never die)

(Good things never last)

(Bad things never die)

(Good things never last)

(Bad things never die)