I Guess Time Just Makes Fools of Us All

Our naked bodies go on trial Just for laughing at the joke Just for saying of the bargain What any salesgirl already knows Most of us old men die at the firing line Just waiting for our number to be called I guess time just makes fools of us all Now the king regales his stepsons When he's loaded as a gun Says, "A real man is like a country You need a map to find you one" Now why do you suppose You must approach the throne With its back up against the wall? I guess time just makes fools of us all The greatish minds of my generation Gladly conscripted in the war Of defending any Goliath That would deign darken the door Now with your genius for picking battles It's no wonder every helmet is too small I guess time just makes fools of us all, mm I guess time just makes fools of us all My drink is watered down The champion's on his knees He lost the rematch, he lost the comeback He lost for charity But that's the job It's what gets the asses in the hall They came for a beating Hm, and he came to brawl Go and serve your client notice That of all the young gods I have known Yours is easily the least famous To turn down the cover of the Rolling Stone Lily-white faces so familiar And yet impossible to recall I guess time just makes fools of us all After a millennia of good times God said, "Hey, now, let's have a dream Where we raise the stakes a little Come on, let's make things interesting" Parachute into the Anthropocene An amnesiac, a himbo Ken doll I guess time does make fools of us all I killed a rattlesnake this morning It was coiled up behind the truck Put it in reverse and hit it clean Something he said went in and stuck Hey, I can sell you a million records I mean your image could use an overhaul Don't you know time just makes fools of us all? Headlights headed southbound The loser's exodus That's where you'll find me, in Las Vegas Doing my greatest hits Me and Dixie, we had ourselves a ball I followed my dreams And my dreams said to crawl The groom is a liar And the bride is a shill The priest says, "If these two don't make it, who among us ever will?" Don't ask the love you dare for a prediction Wherein the lovers of tomorrow are involved I guess time just makes fools of us all Oh, I guess time just makes fools of us all Oh, I guess time just makes fools of us all