Signal fading, listen to what I'm saying Testing, testing This better be worth all of the breath I'm wasting Maintaining radio silence from now on
Barricaded in the talk radio station Hostage taken The red On Air light shines on Something cheaper that passes for free speech Will have to do
Hear him coming through loud and clear Trickling in your ear He'll tell you anything you want to hear
The tape starts running He's going to tell you something The strings start strumming Another humdrum conundrum Signing off now Maintaining radio silence from now on
But there's one thing I should have said The hostage will end up dead It's just a comedy The hostage is me
So pay the ransom Beyond the run-out groove Get my wife down here A helicopter on the roof No police marksman Maintaining radio silence from now on
Mystery voices Drowned out by too much choice That's not to mention The sad waste of this wonderful invention Maintaining radio silence from now on
Libraries filled up with failed ideas There's nothing more for me there I trust in tender ink and gentle airs
Do those drug dealers still polish women made of wax? Gangsters and world leaders Require the same protection from attack From this distance it's hard to tell the difference Between a king and a jack Between a poet and hack Maintaining radio silence from now on
