Lightning Bolts Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

[Verse 1]
Two lightning bolts were delivered to my room
They were gifts from Zeus
I rock the bolts in a bassinet of pine
People ask me how I am
I say, "I'm all right, I'm fine"

[Verse 2]
I push the lightning bolts in a pram
Till the sun goes down and it gets dark
And the girls from Jubilee Street hang out their windows
And they wave and ask me how I am tonight
I say, "I'm good, I'm all right"

[Verse 3]
In Athens all the youths are crying from the gas
I'm by the hotel pool working on a tan
People come up and ask me who I am
I say, "If you don't know, don't ask"
Zeus laughs, but it's the gas
And he asks me how I am
I say, "Zeus, don't ask"

[Verse 4]
My lightning bolts are jolts of joy
They are joy boys from Zeus
I feed them porridge in their booster seats of knowledge
And in the cradle of democracy, the pigeons are wearing gas masks