The Paranoid Style - Revision of Love

I had withholdings and deductions
I was receiving wisdom and instruction
Some will swallow us whole, fill their homes with plunder
Some will just want out of here before the whole place is rent asunder
I had a revision of love
Loretta maintains nothing is amiss
In the usual manner of things
It ain't worth doing if you don't have to confess
I had a revision of love
Out in the open wisdom calls aloud
Jelly on your shoulder, let's do what we fear most
Say simpletons love their ways, say simpletons our proud
You didn't say you were scared, but you looked like a ghost
Exactly what is it you want me to say?
They say her ways are pleasant ways
Exactly who do you want me to pay?
Run the numbers on Pascal's wager – Langford's still an atheist
I had a revision of love
Loretta maintains everything's a quiz
Tell me, the most trusted music voices –
How many did I get right? How many did I miss?
Remember that girl who always hung around backstage?
One night she turned to me and said
"I want you to write a song for me and play it for everyone when I'm dead"
I assumed she was an actress because she was insane
But I said, "Okay, how do you spell your name again?"
You gotta be careful talking too much to the neighbors
Start asking you out for tea, start asking you for favors
Sometimes I don't think you know what Satan's capable of
Divisions of labor, revisions of love
I had a revision of love
Loretta maintains that it'll all come down to this
The bankers and the traders, they have your best interests in mind
And the reward really isn't any fun without a little risk