Desolation Row Revisited

        I wanna be an actor
	So I can lie around in bed
	Just like my savior Jesus
	And the children that he fed

	You know Jesus was an actor
	And he was famous long ago
	For playing electric violin
	On Desolation Row


	I wanna be a doctor
	So I can look in peoples eyes
	Just like Sister Mary Magdalene 
	And her holy thunder thighs

	You know Mary was a doctor
	And she would heal all ills and woe
	In the quiet village of Bethlehem
	On Desolation Row


	I wanna be a salesman
	So I can handle jewels and gems
	Just like good old Saint Augustine
	And the New Jerusalem

	You know Auggie was a salesman
	Of a church you do not know
	One where Jesus never came
	To Desolation Row


	I wanna be the governor
	So I can lie right to your face
	Like the holy angel Metatron
	In the arid desert waste

	You know Metatron recorded
	Deeds of all; both friend and foe
	Its the only story you will hear
	On Desolation Row