Lyrics Maximo Park – Robert Altman

Son of a wealthy gambler
The Mayflower haunts the mother
Employed by the Calvin Company
Before Kansas City Escape

When you were up in the air
Did it make you what you were?

He met a man who had a surname
That was the same as his forename
Who drained him of his dollars
Left him with a tattooed dog

Your daily bread was hopeless dreams
On the cusp of eternal defeat

In charge of Lion’s Gate
«I’d rather die than play it straight.»

A journeyman who sparkled
Fond of an easy target
Armed with a genre
And an overlapping ensemble