"The Man Upstairs" Lyrics

The guy upstairs is such a freak
Five years now, I've had a leak,
what does he do up there?
All day long, he "Sleeps all day"
then he goes out, and comes home in the
most intoxicating way.
As far as I can tell, he juggles bowling balls
but he's not good at it.
He moves his furniture, then at six a.m.
he pulls out the vacuum cleaner
to suck his room.
The guy downstairs is also crazy
he spent some time in an institute
It did him not much good.
He's off his medication, and he starts screaming,
"Virgin Mary, you fucking alien!"
According to him, Jesus Christ smokes crack
and other sundry things.
But it's the man upstairs who pulls the strings
Won't let me sleep.

Please, kill that man upstairs
If you ever loved me, you'll do this one thing
Won't you, Sweetheart?
Please, murder that man upstairs
If you want to be my friend
you'll have to prove you mean it.

I used to think that rent control was a good idea
until I moved in here.
Now I'm the only sucker paying
more than a hundred bucks a room.
And I'm surrounded by lunatics
who don't even need a moon.
But it's the man upstairs who pulls the strings
Won't let me sleep.

Then, there's the lady across the hall
who always knows what's going on
And Machu Pichu down the stairs
who's selling crack from door to door.
14B are refugees, and 14A transvestite whores
But you know who's coming home
he's falling up his drunken stairs...
...if you want to be my friend,
You'll help me get a good night's sleep...