the sky fell over cheap korean monster movie scenery and spilled into the mezzanine of the crushed capsule hotel between the disney abattoir and the chemical refinery i knew i was in trouble but i thought i was in hell so you look around the tiny room and you wonder where the hell you are while the k k k convention are all stranded in the bar they wear hoods and carry shotguns in the main streets of montgomery but they re helpless here as babies because they re only here on holiday what do we care if the world is a joke we ll give it a big kiss we ll give it a poke death wears a big hat cause he s a big bloke we re only living this instant the black sand stuck beneath her feet in a warm sorrento sunrise a barefoot girl from naples or was it a barcelona hi rise whistles out the tuneless theme song of a hundred cheap suggestions and a million false seductions and all those eternal questions well what do we care if the world is a joke we ll give it a big kiss we ll give it a poke death wears a big hat cause he s a big bloke we re only living this instant  so they flew the super constellation all the way from rimini and feasted them on fish and chips from a newspaper facsimile now dead italian tourists bodies litter up the broadway some people can t be told you know they have to learn the hard way holidays are dirt cheap in the costa del malvinas in the hotel argentina they can hardly tell between us for teresa is a waitress though she s now known as juanita in a tango bar in stanley or in puerto margarita she s the sweetest and the sauciest the loveliest and naughtiest she s miss buenos aires in a world of lacy lingerie what do we care if the world is a joke we ll give it a big kiss we ll give it a poke death wears a big hat cause he s a big bloke we re only living this instant japanese god jesus robots telling teenage fortunes for all we know and all we care they might as well be martians they say gold paint on the palace gates comes from the teeth of pensioners they re so tired of shooting protest singers that they hardly mention us while fountains fill with second hand perfume and sodden trading stamps they ll hang the bullies and the louts that dampen down the day what do we care if the world is a joke we ll give it a big kiss we ll give it a poke death wears a big hat cause he s a big bloke we re only living this instant we braved the cold november air and the undertaker s curses singin take me to the folies bergre and please don t spare the hearses for he always had a dream of that revolver in your purse how you loved him until you hated him and made him cry for mercy he said don t ever mention my name there or talk of all the nights you cried we ve always been like worlds apart now you re seeing two nightmares collide what do we care if the world is a joke we ll give it a big kiss we ll give it a poke death wears a big hat cause he s a big bloke we re only living this instant