i got lost in the backstreets trying to get here tonight the police were asking questions they took me to the wrong place twice i even lost my passport and i forgot my name and town but now i m here by the water put the money down before i walk on the water put the money down down down there are bands killing chickens my hero s getting pushed around round round i don t know if i trust you as you try to shoot me down before i walk on the water put the money down down down put the money down twas a beautiful day in columbus when the fences fell but the five loaves and the fishes ain t gonna be much help i got a hungry juggler here who wants to keep ahead before he walks the water he wants his bread take a glass of the dark brown ale and a purple pill if the ale don t get you too you sure as hell the pill will oh mommy mommy please may i go downtown he s gonna walk on the water put the money down put it down in a tin cup 