A Cell for Salieri - Count Zero

Nine months afloat in a well

Never see much past the shell

Never know heaven from hell

Got rid of my tail halfway through

Nothing to worry my head

Never’s a word never said

Never know living from dead

And hopeful that I never do

Safe and sound

I’ll stay here

I’ll hunker down

Safe inside a cell

Soon I burst into this place

Chairman of the beauty and grace

They shoved it right back in my face

Got sent here to get rid of me

Nurse rings the thirty-year bell

Candles and white clientele

«Back you go into your cell

You’re better when we let you be

Safe and sound

You’ll stay here

You’ll settle down

Safe inside your cell."

Safe and sound

I’ll stay here

I’ll settle down

Safe inside a cell