"Gene's Song" lyrics

I never thought I'd live to see
The free-fall into seventeen
We ain't got as many fingers as whom we lost
There's no watcher at the gate
And I think we left it all too late
That moving tongue of fate is looking on
Nobody even listens to the songs
They're all so wrapped up in their machines
The natives are getting restless

Are you with me Gene?
You know what I mean
It's like a rainbow white
Neon black dream
What do you mean?
Mean Gene
It's like we ran away
And the whole world turned mean

In the rooms of ruin spiders weep
Tears of sorrow and bitter grief
Trying to find anyone who will listen
In the summer I'd spend the afternoon
Smoke with you and spin the blues
Then try to figure out what I was missing
You were an artist hero, the truest friend
A thunderclap to the living end
You filled in the gaps of what made me a man
As I look at the wicked world today
Echoing words I think you'd say
Like I don't know how much more of this
Spoon-fed, spoiled brat horse crap I can stand

Are you with me Gene?
You know what I mean
It's like a rainbow white
Neon black dream
What do you mean?
Mean Gene
It's like we ran away
And the whole world turned mean

Are you with me Gene?
You know what I mean
It's like a rainbow white
Neon black dream
What do you mean?
Mean Gene
It's like we ran away
And the whole world turned mean

Are you with me Gene?
Do you know what I mean?
It's like a rainbow white
Neon black dream
What do you mean?
Mean Gene
It's like we ran away
And the whole world turned mean