In a black and far off corner of my mind
There's a box of something I can't quite define
It houses circus freaks, temptation and bad trips
In an isolated corner of the box
There's a trap door covered up with dirt and rocks
It opens to the stairs that lead down to the crypt

Do you know where you're going when you've taken your last step
Do you know what you get?
Cigarette

On a dark and lonely road in my hometown
Stands a house that long ago should've been torn down
It reeks of love gone sour, suspicion and bad debt
On a weather beaten transom in the house
Walks a friend of mine that I call the old king mouse
He dances in the moonlight and sleeps out on the steps

Do you know where you're going when you've taken your last breath?
Do you know what you get?
Do you know where you're going when they've paid their last regrets?
Do you know what you get?
Cigarette

In a black and far off corner of my mind
There's a box of something I can't quite define
It houses circus freaks, temptation and the Fayette County Fair
And it reeks of love gone sour, suspicion and big hair

Do you know where you're going when you've taken your last breath?
Do you know what you get?
Do you know where you're going when the devil starts to sweat?
Do you know what you get?
A cigarette


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    Ah, a breath of fresh, 'burgh air!!!

    The Clarks are from Pittsburgh, Pa (as am I). Some of the lyrics are reflections of thier hometown. "Fayette County" is to the southwest of Pittsburgh. "Big hair" (like that from the '80s) is still, well, big in the area.

    What does it really mean? Heh. I really have no idea. I've always thought that the entire song talks about odd and end things in the area, some that I don't recognize. When I hear of it I get homesick for the Golden Triangle, the Pirates, the Spagetti Warehouse in the Strip, trips to Century III, and the Regata.

    Yunz know what I'm sayin'?

    Tandekon March 26, 2003   Link

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