Sing, sing, Oh, so sucker For the sugar substitute And artificial flavoring Small wonder I felt so safe inside Nothing more than a smokescreen and masquerade But outside the car bomb's ticking Inside a car bomb's ticking The words I wrote are a broken chain Holding me from the criminally insane But it's gone and there's no stopping All my balloons are popping Oh oh, there's no stopping, oh oh Oh oh, there's no stopping, no oh But the tree was not yet down As she lifted the flag from the bloody ground, whispering, "Gallons of gas and a makeshift cast, And I'm still no further from nowhere fast." Listen! Downstairs the doorbell's ringing We've been waiting I've been waiting for The words I wrote are a broken chain Holding me from the criminally insane But it's gone and there's no stopping All my balloons are popping Oh oh, there's no stopping, oh oh Oh oh, there's no stopping, no oh The words I wrote are a broken chain Keeping me from the criminally insane But it's gone and there's no stopping The words I wrote and the songs I sang Kept this ship from sinking to its grave But it's gone and there's no stopping All my balloons are popping