Sing the song written before the year Seventeen eighty eight Confederacy of dunces welding broken machines Or beautiful legalopolies marching to unreal drums Musician sweat, once bottled, never runs dry Drink and drink and sink and blink Miss the chord and lopside, bored Meticulous records play albums covered in dust Shorn from context, bleeding for audience comprehension Tabled by history: written off the cuff by the vicar Candle organ, burn to keep the body metabolic in the public domain Served on a bed of noses, as the ear wins every song from the echo alone