Rats & Raccoons - Jarle Bernhoft

Last night on the riverbank

You said you loved me, said you were mine

But just a turn of the tide, and old truths they lie, and where are you now?

I can’t seem to see you anywhere

When is a man gonna know what to do

When he is blessed with but a memory of you

And hey hey hey

Last night by the brewery

You had me cornered in Monopoly

On fire and skint, got no dough to pay rent, and where are you now

I just cannot smell you nowhere

I’m bending over backwards just to make ends meet

Got no ground under my bare feet

And hey hey hey

To keep me company

In going down like a lead balloon

I got houses and hotels

Amid black cars and shoes

All you gents and all you ladies

You are out if you can’t make it

In this race of rats and raccoons

In this race of rats and raccoons

What you want us all to be?

This game of yours is outfreaking me

Even the piano is begging please

What you want us all to do?

We roll the dice and we all make our moves

But there ain’t no winners and a whole bunch of losers

I haven’t got no place to stay

But a whole lotta hell to pay

Last night in the sewer

You had me ditched and I knew it

I got the horn and I blew it

To keep me company

In going down like a lead balloon

I got houses and hotels

Amid black cars and shoes

All you gents and all you ladies

You are out if you can’t make it

In this race of rats and raccoons

In this race of rats and raccoons