Tryin to avoid it
Tryin to avoid the
Golden wheel that
Chops up rainbows
Tryin to avoid it
Tryin to avoid the
Golden wheel that
Chops up rainbows

The hungry dog that
Crawls through Rome
Allows me to pet it and
Talk to it
Mt. Vesuvius
Pops its cork
And leaves me under a
Pile of shit

Trying to avoid it
Trying to avoid the
Golden wheel that
Chops up rainbows
Trying to avoid it
Trying to avoid the
Golden wheel that
Chops up rainbows

All this morning
Looking for shoes that
Cram my toes into
Little pieces
Spendin’ all afternoon
Looking for a place
That’ll cut my brain
A couple more creases

I had excuses in
For tea today
They offered to pay
I said no way

3 mosquitoes
2 tooth brushes
1 pair of socks
And nothing doing
4 walls
1 ceiling
1 floor and
No one screwing

I had a miser
Give me all his bread
His mother was dead
That’s what he said

Trying to avoid it
Trying to avoid the
Golden wheel that
Chops up rainbows
Trying to avoid it
Trying to avoid the
Golden wheel that
Chops up rainbows

Trying to compete with
Someone else’s stupid story
Incandescent lights are glowing
Down in Maori
Trying to compete with
Someone else’s stupid story
Smokin cigarettes just to fit
Into someone else’s stupid story

I picked up a Jesuit priest hitchhiker
Hopin’ God would like me
I’ve become a match & waitin
For the big baboon to strike me

Tryin to avoid the golden wheel that
Chops up rainbows
Tryin to avoid the golden wheel that
Chops up rainbows

(lyrics: Dan Bern)