Afghan/ForKlift
Stan Ridgway

Ringin' on the telephone, pick it up and say
What's a man to do with all the trouble 'round today?
Heard it takes a worried man to sing a worried song
Sing it now, but Lord, don't let it all go on too long
Chorus:
Somethin' in the air, and it's movin' like a southbound train
Sun is goin' down, and it seems like I'll be the same
World keeps spinnin' 'round, people say there's debt to pay
I don't know––too busy with my life from day to day
But whosoever journeys up against that border line
The shadows of an ancient flame burn away in time
I was down in Arkansas, workin' graveyard shift
Movin' crates for exportation with a big forklift
Most were crackers, Coca-Cola, shoes and ceiling fans
Two were marked Top Secret, headed for Afghanistan
Chorus repeat
See shadows on the sun, see a comin' thundercloud
Nothin' will persuade, but all will be allowed
And some will seek their god from a heaven in the sky
Defendin' their affliction with a holy alibi
Ringin' on the telephone, pick it up and say
What's a man to do with all the trouble 'round today?
I'm callin' up the president, ask him what he say
No answer, left a message, when he's back from holiday
Chorus repeat
Now the drums are poundin', hear them blowin' on the horn
Two hands are on the hammer, and the fabric has been torn
Dam's about to burst, floods are all around
No more water, little Sylvie, 'cause I think I'm gonna drown
Ringin' on the telephone, pick it up and say
What's a man to do with all the trouble 'round today?
Heard it takes a worried man to sing a worried song
Sing it now, but Lord, don't make it all go on too long
All go on too long


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Lyrics by Stan Ridgway

  A Mission in Life   Afghan\/ForKlift   After the Storm   Amnesia   An Act Of Faith   Animal Day   As I Went Out One Morning   Back In Flesh   Back Towards Diamond Bar   Bel Air Blues   Beloved Movie Star   Beloved Movie Star Redux   Beyond Tomorrow   Big American Problem   Big Dumb Town   Bing Can't Walk   Bing Can't Walk ('cause Bob Broke Both His Legs)   Brand New Special And Unique   Call Box   Call Box (1-2-3)   Call Of The West   Calling Out to Carol   Camouflage   Can't Complain   Can't Make Love   Can't Stop The Show   Cannon Song   Cannon Song (aka Army Song)   Classic Hollywood Ending   Crack The Bell   Crow Hollow Blues   Crystal Palace   Deep Blue Polka Dot   Deep Inside We're Blue   Dogs   Don't Box Me In   Don't Drop The Soap   Don't Drop The Soap (For Anyone Else But Me)   Down the Coast Highway   Drive She Said   Drive, She Said   End Of An Era   End of the Line   End of the Line [*]   Factory   Floundering   Foggy River   Free Of It All   Full Of Tension   Funzone   Garage Band '69   God Sleeps In A Caboose   Goin' Southbound   Gone the Distance   Good Times   Hands Of Love   Harry Truman   Hear That Bird   Heat Takes a Walk   Hell In A Handbasket   Highway Song   I Wanna Be A Boss   Into The Sun   Invisible Man   Jack Talked   Jack Talked (like A Man On Fire)   King For A Day   Knife and Fork   Lonely Town   Longarm   Look At Their Way   Lost Weekend   Luther Played Guitar   Mama Had A Stove   Man of Stone   Me And My Dad   Mexican Radio   Mission Bell   Monsters of the Id   Mr. Smith   My Exclusive Sex Club   My Own Universe   My Rose Marie (A Soldier's Tale)   Nadine   Neon Mirage [Instrumental]   New Blue Mercedes   Newspapers   Old Bent Coin   Only A Hobo   Operator Help Me   Our Manhattan Moment   Overlords   Peg and Pete and Me   Picasso's Tear   Pick It Up   Pick It Up (And Put It In Your Pocket)   Pick It Up And Put It In Your Pocket   Pile Driver   Pink Parakeet   Police Call   Red Light   Right Through You   Ring Of Fire   Ring Of Fire (Single Edit)   Rio Greyhound [Instrumental]   Running With The Carnival   Salesman   Sixteen Tons   Snaketrain   Spy World   Stormy Side Of Town   Stranded   Susie Before Sunrise   Talk Hard   Talkin\u00b4 Wall Of Voodoo Blues Pt.1   That Big 5-0   The Big Heat   The Can't Stop The Show   The Gumbo Man   The Last Honest Man   The Man In The Long Black Coat   The Overlords   The Passenger   The Roadblock   They Don't Want Me   This Way Out   Throw It Away   Time Inside   Time Wave Zero   Tomorrow   Train Of Thought   Triangle Head   Tse Tse Fly   Twisted   Two Minutes Till Lunch   Uba's House Of Fashions   Underneath the Big Green Tree   Valerie Is Sleeping   Wake Up Sally   Walkin' Home Alone   Whatever Happened To You?   Whistle For Louise   Wild Bill Donovan   Your Rockin\u00b4Chair

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