how to be dumb

i was hell-bent on destroying my powers of concentration

while you were living like a saint

and all the time the very one you trusted was washing off

somebody else's paint

now you've got yourself a brand new occupation

every fleeting thought is a pearl

and beautiful people stampede to the doorway

of the funniest fucker in the world

they're here to help you

satisfy your desire

there's a bright future for all you professional liars

now you know how to be dumb

are you ready to take your place in the modern museum of mistakes?

don't you know how to be dumb?

like a building thrown up overnight in one of those reverse earthquakes

they emptied out all the asylums

they emptied out all the gaols

the new bruise" was the name of a dance craze