Love And Happiness

I was born with the apple in my mouth 
A chocolate saint in the fat man's house 
With a monkey's ache and a papal hat 
Fed promises that all broke like glass 
So 'scuze me if I can't fathom this 
I wasn't built for all your Love and happiness 

I was built for splitting rails 
For powder blue girls with feathered tails 
For whaling ships and marking cards 
And neon colored shooting bars 
Like St Peter's ghost with a ghetto frown 
To hang from stop signs upside down 
From a factory girl and a sailor's kiss 
With hello on their skin and goodbye on their lips 
So 'scuze me if I seem afraid of this 
I wasn't born for all this Love and happiness 

I was raised a pilgrim's son 
Saying I'm sorry for nothing I done 
To raise sons that fall and dogs that bite 
And dreams that try and cheat the night 
By Union men that all headed south 
Waving oily rags that could ignite your house 
From a traitor's hand with a whiskey spark 
And kin that fear their God and the dark 
So 'scuze me if I seem afraid of this 
I wasn't built for all this Love and happiness