steve kilbey – skyscraper carnivore (excerpt) lyrics

well i’m a skyscr-per carnivore
living on the thirteenth floor
the wife’s got scabies, the dog’s got rabies
the kids are having fun just having babies
and the guy next door says, “well you’re a cool cat
but a long-haired hippie could do better than that”
i pay my rent, i’m smoking kents
i ain’t doin’ bad for a guy that’s bent