I've played every kind of gig there is to play now. I've played faggot bars, hooker bars, motor cycle funerals, in opera houses, concert halls, halfw… - Sixto Rodriguez

The Mayor hides the crime rate.
Council woman hesitates.
Public gets irate but forgets the vote date.
Weatherman complaining "Predicted sun. It's raining."
Everyone's protesting. Boyfriend keeps suggesting
you're not like all of the rest.
Garbage ain't collected. Women ain't protected.
Politicians using people they're abusing.
The mafia's getting bigger, like pollution in the river
and you tell me that this is where it's at.

The moon is hanging
in the purple sky.
The baby's sleeping
while its mother sighs.
Talking about the rich folks:
rich folks have the same jokes
and they park in basic places.
The priest is preaching
from a shallow grave.
He counts his money
then he paints you saved.
Talking to the young folks:
young folks share the same jokes
but they'd meet in older places.

Was it a huntsman or a player
that made you pay the cost
that now assumes relaxed positions
And prostitutes your loss?
Were you tortured by your own thirst
in those pleasures that you seek
that made you Tom the Curious;
that makes you James the Weak?
And you claim you've got something going,
something you call unique,
but I've seen your self-pity showing
as the tears rolled down your cheeks.