Abandoned Flesh Lyrics - Mountain Goats

Robert Smith is secure at his villa in France 

Any child knows how to do the spiderweb dance 

Siouxsie has enough hits to keep the bills paid 

Every New Year's in Los Angeles, you can still see Richard Blade 

But the world forgot about Gene Loves Jezebel 

Yeah, the world forgot about Gene Loves Jezebel 

They charted once or twice 

They were on a major label 

When the singer went solo 

He left money on the table 

The two main guys are related 

They're at war with each other 

Now there's two Genes loving Jezebel 

One for each brother 

But the world came to agree 

What you see is what you get 

And what you get is what you see 

Whether you're The March Violets or The Bolshoi 

Bands who had to leave the darkness for the sun 

Red Lorry Yellow Lorry were on Cherry Red, I think 

They've been playing clubs since 1981 

To be fair to Gene Loves Jezebel 

Billy Corgan brought them on stage 

It was in 2011 

It's on their Wikipedia page 

But for the most part 

However big that chorused bass may throb 

You and me and all of us 

Are gonna have to find a job 

Because the world will never know or understand 

The suffocated splendor 

Of the once and future goth band