Good Looking Man About Town Lyrics
I'm running to
Corruption of the spirit isn't in it
For a good looking man about town
Are you feeling heartbroken
Because you'll never be mistaken for a
Good looking man about town?
Then you flew to Mars
But you still feel wretched 'cause
You'll never be naked with a
Good looking man about town
Are you scared to death
Of even looking at the flesh of a
Good looking man about town?
Marry me, marry me
No moon and no stars
No one around to calm you down
And to soften the stings to my heart
The dream becomes sand in my hands
Clearly about ''a wretched man', who feels empty, even after he ''got his degree, and flew to Mars'' (which is clearly some sort of escapism here). He seems to be scared of love (''you'll never be naked with a good looking man''), because he has bad experiences (no one ever ''mistook him for as good looking man''). What's interesting is that in the bridge Moz suddenly switches the perspective, in a pretty smart way: The ''On the midnight street/No moon and no stars/No one around to calm you down''-part could be both about someone else or the narrator himself. But you still think it's about the other someone, because well, the rest of the song was. And then he sings: ''And to soften the stings to MY heart'' Which makes the bridge-part really about the narrator himself. He then goes further in that way: ''The dream is sand in my hands The dream becomes sand in my hands''