Bobby and the Rat-Kings

[Verse 1]

I'm an elevator kid pushing buttons when I wanna go home

But my generation hasn't even got a name of its own

We just buy what the TV sells

And almost never stop wishing we were somebody else

But tonight in the dark I can be myself

[Chorus]

When Bobby and the Rat-Kings come to play

We'll make 'em stay

We'll make 'em play

Play 'til the stars all fade

We'll make 'em stay 'til dawn

Make 'em play all night 'til the light

Like we'vе never seen nothin'

Like wе'll never see anybody ever again

When the Rat-Kings go away

We'll never be the same

[Verse 2]

Z tried to edit Reddit, instead it said it had eaten her phone

She goes from tinder to cinder

'Til she remembers she's a flame of her own

You can almost lose your heart

Hoping for something better 'til it tears you apart

While the days get longer and this night won't start

[Chorus]

But when Bobby and the Rat-Kings come to play

We'll make 'em stay

We'll make 'em play

Play 'til the stars all fade

We'll make 'em stay 'til dawn

Make 'em play all night 'til the light

Like we've never seen nothin'

Like we'll never see anybody ever again

When the Rat-Kings go away

We'll never be the same again

Oh, again

[Bridge]

Now Joey's gotta run for the train

Says he's trying to make it

Back to the City by ten

And Mike's on his bike with the motor running

I told him trains were running all night right then

In the moonlit town after the bridge fell down

There were fires and we lost some power

So we all dressed up for the ramble

And ran those streets long past the witching hour

I saw Dorothy in drag

Taking the Tin Man for a ride

And then Z the Cat said she knew where to go

Then she kissed me without a thought

And said "Sometimes memories are all that we got

So come on, boy

Let's make some at the show"

[Verse 3]

So there's some leather-wrapped Fender-strapped kid

With a pick-finger twitch

He's got a recipe for radio or rain

I don't know which

In the shadows when the lights are dowsed

The cinder kids flare while they twist and shout

We're the sparks in the dark

That'll never go out

[Chorus]

So when Bobby and the Rat-Kings come to play

We'll make 'em stay

We'll make 'em play

Play 'til the stars all fade

We'll make 'em stay 'til dawn

Make 'em play all night 'til the light

Like we've never seen nothin'

Like we'll never see anybody ever again

When the Rat-Kings go away

We'll never be the same

[Outro]

So say hey, when the Rat-Kings

When the Rat-Kings

When the Rat-Kings go away

Say hey, when the Rat-Kings

When the Rat-Kings

When the Rat-Kings go away

Say when the Rat-Kings (When the Rat-Kings go)

When they go away (When they go away)

Say hey, when the Rat-Kings go away

We'll never be the same again

Again

Oh, again

Oh, again

Again