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stan ridgway - when the pope drives by lyrics

fly off, little sparrow
perched upon a dry bed of [?] seed
just lookin’ ’round for a birdhouse
but today, no, it just won’t be
move on, [?] hound dog
sitting on a dirty trash pile
chewin’ on a dead rat’s tail
nothing else to eat for a long, long while

and all those people keep standing
in a line by the wall
their eyes are staring at the table
and no one is talking at all

passin’ out the plates now
the ladies are servin’ up some of that real fine food
gonna hear a little story about jesus
baby boy, suckin’ on a [?]
and now the policemen are
stringing up the streets with rope to tie
gotta move all these poor folks out for next week
when the pope drives by

when the pope drives by
when the pope drives by
when the pope drives by
when the pope drives by
tv, news, and radio people ask
“where do all these [?] ones come from?”
while an old mother with a little baby girl faints
dead away in a hot downtown sun

and the cameras crank
and the mayor says
“let’s talk about it all inside
and come around next week
these dirty streets will be clean
when the pope drives by”

and the politicians talk
and just keep talking to talk
leaning up against a long, black limousine car
then a one man says that it’s [?] for the rest
makes it plain that he’s gonna be a tv star

some say that it’s simply just hard luck
and some were born that long old stain
‘morrow morning when the sun peeks up the freeway
they’ll still be some that still don’t have a home anywhere
so go find my little brother bobby
and tell him to wash his face
and not to cry
he’ll pass away
that little sparrow from his perch
and get high above this crowd
when the pope drives by
when the pope drives by
when the pope drives by
when the pope drives by
and i’ll just wait in line

- stan ridgway lyrics

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