Mike Patton
Sweet Smell of Success
[Verse 1]
You've got to be the one
Smile of porcelain
Bullet holes in your tongue
Plexiglass bones
Dough of angel's breath
The eyes of a mannequin
Put on a hell of a show
[Chorus 1]
Solid gold
Fresh young face
Queen of a lovely place
Cynical life
Wash your face
Trying to make it better
[Bridge]
And we've heard this song before
And the needle skips again
Playing dominoes with tombstones
Found a graveyard in your drawer
Go and get yourself buried
'Cause your dead, you're dead, you're dead, you're dead
[Verse 2]
You're skin melts in wax
Woven silk eyelids
The arms of somnambulist
You got your moneys worth
Soul hangs in the closet
Paper-mache heart
Put on a hell of a show
[Chorus 2]
Solid gold
Your hate crime
Wasn't loving me
Cynical life
Wash your face
Trying to make it better
[Outro]
And we'll never make it better
And we'll never make it better