the road was dark and narrow
the rain couldn’t get much worse
we were heading for the border
with a load in the back of the hearse
your face lit by the headlights you muttered something terse
stared ahead gripped the wheel said baby life’s a curse
break your back
on the wheel we’re all on
we push it up
we push it down
we never stop
life’s a curse
we drove all the back towns
every one just like the first
the days were never-ending
every night a grim rebirth
our perfect double act
you’re the doctor, I’m the nurse
we’re saving souls in all those halls that echo life’s a curse
break your back
on the wheel we’re all on
we push it up
we push it down
we never stop
life’s a curse
we saw her in the moonlight
she was swinging her black purse
singing songs of mourning every word in every verse
the ghost of every minstrel with a hunger and a thirst
who know the disappointments who know that life’s a curse
break your back
on the wheel we’re all on
we push it up
we push it down
we never stop
life’s a curse
the road is lined with corpses
wherever you traverse
you can signpost all your failures and repeat them in reverse….