It Can All Be Taken Away

"I buried my daughters and wife with these hands

After our house was bombed," said the war-torn man

I guess I'd do the same if I'm unlucky enough to get the chance

Teardrops fall off my face, and stain and wet my pants

[Nawlens and O]? like they say "no doy"

Balzac, please get us two crayfish and two lobster poboys

Oh boy, it would stink if my city fell in the drink, and we died

But when it happens, it happens in the blink of an eye

No one sits around, glad they're not blind, but maybe should

We can find genius and tragedy in every neighb'yhood

God enjoyed the schaudenfruede. Is he making me pay?

At any time at all, it can all be taken away

Tender clutch, sense of touch, smell, taste, sight, hearing

When you lose a leg, it's not like you lost an earring

What seems permanent is really temporary

That's why a memory doesn't never scare me

Just kidding. The past, it haunts me like ghosts

But pre-production's over, and we fix it all in post-

The only roast I want from Friars is barbecue

Breaking up is easy. It's growing up that's hard to do

It's unpleasant to think the future could be worse than the present

But at least you enjoy the moment and stop and think for a second

It's getting a little late in the day for fate to convey

It can all be taken away