Rock And Roll Is Where I Hide

Oh I should tell ya
About my power
About my mysterious kink
I used to go about
Fully believing
I was invisible

The legendary
Invisible rock singer
I would open my mouth and speak forth

No blues, no news, just
"Hey mate, yeah you. Over here, booze"
Just for a moment, I would materialise

Anyway, people started to talk
Started to talk about this
Legendary, mysterious, loudmouth, invisible, rock singer, cowboy

I began to cool, come back, materialise
Even though I wasn't meaning to

People began to come and see this invisible, loud mouth, rock singer, cowboy
You know, soon

People would sit behind me at cafes and say "he thinks he's invisible, watch"
Geez you know I hate to keep 'em waiting
I tried my best, I got quite upset

Then I thought, ahh it's not such a bad thing,
To be seen as a guy who thinks he can't be seen
Even though I know I can
It's quite a trip

I mean in certain circumstances
Certain places
Anything goes, if you're unknown

If you got a name around town as a guy who'll do anything if nobody's lookin'
But if anybody's lookin
'Cause they think he thinks he can't be seen
I mean they scare

Like they think I can't see 'em
It's like I'm flying
Like I'm invisible
You know soon

Everybody's lookin'
'Cause they think I think nobody's lookin'
So I can't be not seen
So I'm not looking at them
I know exactly where they are

And even I was they couldn't see me
Because they're too busy waiting for me to dematerialise
Right there in front of 'em

Actually
What a place to hide
I mean, say you were a spy
An undercover man
Somebody on the run
What better place to disappear
What a a cover
A lead singer in a rock n roll band

You're poor
You're stoned
You're a slave to an un-nameable half forgotten ambition
You're just another guy on the lost highway
A ramblin' man
Pirate of love
Rider on the range
Seventh son of a seventh son
A love rustler
A desparado
Bastard right royal historically entitled to be bad
The man in black
John the Conqueroo
The worlds forgotten boy
Meat man
Mister Blues
The velvet fog
The silver fox
The little clown that cried
The best dressed chicken in town

- Dave Graney and the Coral Snakes