Hear the bells and whistles
Of the big machine
Hold your nose a kiss'll
Taste like gasoline
Wheels'll wobble
Even on the limousines
Drain another bottle
Try to drown the dreams
And I'll prepare the ground
Everything is coming down
And I don't want your crown
Everything is coming down
Wake up in the morning
To a blinding light
Then they drill you good and boring
Just to set you right
But that ain't gonna change
That we are born to be bright
So I abstain from your games
And dizzying heights
I'm a Fool but not a clown
Everything is coming down
And I don't want your crown
Everything is coming down
Waiting by the windows
For the leaves return
But the hearth indoors
Is where the fire burns
Winds'll take my tracks
The falling years will learn
To turn my body back
Into the grass and ferns
So take a puff and pass it round
Everything is coming down
And I don't want your crown
Everything is coming down
And I might be blind to all the blazes
And I might get stuck in winding phrases
But I still fly my kite and
I know when the moment's right I'll
Take a juicy bite of
Life could be together
Like it used to be
Insteada bein' wedded
To a state ID
Holy mighty hurricane
Might you set us free
Blow away the iron chains
And penitentiaries
And the dogs will take the pound
Everything is coming down
And I don't want your crown
Everything is coming down
Thunder overhead
Will teach the world to sing
Hide under your bed
And let the terror bring
A yelp, holler, squeal
With the flash of lightning
Make some noise to feel
Any everything
I'm lost without a sound
Everything is coming down
And I don't want your crown
Everything is coming down
And we've been here for all the ages
We've shared our breath with all the sages
And so we shine our light and
We hold each other tight and
It's all aboard for this ride of
Life's a kind of riddle
It can waste your time
Cooking your brain upon the griddle
Tryna read the signs
And Earth is not a killer
But she takes who dies
To turn the caterpillars
Into butterflies
So may night take the town
Everything is coming down
And I don't want your crown
Everything is coming down
Sleep beneath concrete
You firey gemstone prayer
Below the soil's feet's
Another living layer
Slowly, steady
She is turning stone to air
With green and red she
Taught her aching world to care
Now turn it back to brown
Everything is coming down
And I don't want your crown
Everything is coming down
Everything is coming down
Everything is coming down