I'm deep undercover
Tryin' to close some dirty deal
I walk with my Lord and Savior
Keepin' my conscience concealed
In my smoke-filled basement
Sweat on my back, love at my heel
Just around the corner
Puttin' on their rubber masks
Texas George and Tricky Dicky
With the .44s and their duffel bags
The driver's climbing in the trunk
He's got other plans
Cheery trees blossom
The whole world's in a daze, oh Lord
I'm in the presidential suite
Suffering withdrawals
Gonna be late for the funeral
Everyone's waiting for the corpse
Ma, I'm goin' undercover
'Bout time we closed that dirty deal
Holding on to my dead lover
Letting go off the wheel
A split-second can last forever
This one'll teach you how to kill
Dreaming of a revolution
Don't look now, it's getting close
There's cracks in the hallucination
Think I need a stronger dose
My baby drove up in a brand new Cadillac
She ain't coming back no more
She said I love you baby but
You're such an awful bore
Won't you go crazy already
See what's behind that door
Reality is what you make it
Gotta melt it down like iron ore
This cracked mask I call a face
Ain't coming off no more
My enemies all dropped out of the race
None but me left in this war
They say everybody's gotta lose sometime
But really, who's keeping score
Once more I'm goin' undercover
This life's another dirty deal
Losing touch with who I was
I'm a coat of paint starting to peel
What's next is anybody's guess
I guess none of it was real