The New Amsterdams
"Son of a Prophet"

All your hangers on
Watch with anxious eyes
Watch your mouth to speak
Words mystic and wise
Can you explain away everything I know to be true?
Will you flinch if I criticize anything about you?

Anything about you
Wash your nervous hands
Speak and only lie
Dismiss distances
Between you and I
Can you explain away everything that I know to be true?
Will you flinch if I criticize anything about you?

Anything about you
Preacher only son
Wise man only tie
Scorned by anyone
With an evil eye