Lyrics Robyn Hitchcock

Robyn Hitchcock

Nietzsche's Way

Los Angeles police

They come in different flavors

And history refuses

To do them any favors

The insects point towards you

With numbers on their collars

I'm dancing with a sandwich

That cost eleven dollars

That's Nietzsche's way of telling you

That's Nietzsche's way of setting you down

You were in love with Caesar

But Caesar in a body bag

It could have been a grow bag

If he'd been a tomato

That's Nietzsche's way of tempting you

That's Nietzsche's way of setting you down

I don't like that word "absolute"

You see that loathsome superman

He flexes by your sundial

My physique was inadequate

So I became a dreamer

It's the privilege of youth and beauty

To hate themselves

It's the privilege of youth and beauty

To fade

If something doesn't kill you

It's gotta make you stronger

And as you haven't killed me

You must have made me stronger

It's the privilege of youth and beauty

To corrupt themselves

It's the privilege of youth and beauty

To decay

Los Angeles police

They come in different flavors

And history refuses

To do them any favors

That's Nietzsche's way of telling you

That's Nietzsche's way of setting you down

Of setting you down