Lyrics
I did a straw poll in the Watchmaker's Arms
This isn't a moment for sounding alarms
But I'm here to tell you we're all in accord
What some might consider electoral fraud
Is simply a method of setting things straight
Engaging the righteous before it's too late
Vote early, vote often, and throughout the day
Though just 'cause you can, it doesn't mean you may
However you play it, don't tell the gendarmes
You heard of it first in the Watchmaker's Arms
"Now, why are we standing out here in the rain?"
I'd asked her repeatedly, time and again
But all that came back was that quizzical stare
She'd learned from the pages of Vanity Fair
I'd told her before we went into the joint
"If you meet your idols, they will disappoint"
And really it should have been written in blood
That just 'cause you can, it doesn't mean you should
So under those dubious pineapple palms
Another heart breaks in the Watchmaker's Arms
The thunder was rolling around his hotel
The guy was a vagabond, that we knew well
And when he'd discovered how power beguiles
He'd hacked all the Pentagon's top secret files
For some, it may seem such a meagre reward
"But vengeance is mine", said the Digital Lord
So, freedom of speech or betrayal of trust?
Well, just 'cause you can, it doesn't mean you must
"It's surely the sweetest, most soothing of balms"
So said the landlord of the Watchmaker's Arms
When we cut to the chase, it's always the same
So often spectators see more of the game
That genius for pity, the sun on the shields
From the Hades across the Elysian Fields
Reflecting on glorious losers, the loss
That's driven so many back onto the cross
Can sweet-talk the frail into being contrite
Though just 'cause it can, it doesn't mean it might
Oh, they shoot from the hip, that's one of their charms
Try asking around in the Watchmaker's Arms