Ask all the tamers of tigers
Ask all who sleep in their vans
Ask the prince, the damned, the foolish they...all of them know
Ask any men who eat fire
Ask all who think they know God
Ask the blind, muscled, your father, they...all of them know
See if they tell you a snarling wife on the balustrade is more than a man can bear.
Ask the man who slipped in the bath
Ask his son and his son to be they'll all agree
Ask the landlord, a paper bag, the bald and the fat, the over- under-sexed there's no complexing this fact
Ask the snow, the moon, the killer, ticket taker dreaming in blue
Ask the shadow sleeping in alleys
Ask the Conquerer too, they...all of them know
See if they tell you a snarling wife on the balustrade is more than a man can bear