The box office lady is calling me out Yeah and I won’t know what to do with my mouth I could talk to you, kiss you brave in the streetlight Oh and Mercury’s against me she’s winning the night Hey, hey And now they’re combing for pennies in the old cobblestone Those carnival kids man, they've never gone home Yeah they’re tossing and turning and dodging the stones Oh and Mercury’s missing me just by a throw Yeah and alright, okay, now I know But here in the hands of the hand that rolls the bones Oh and the fortune lady is the only one who knows Oh, hey Well they're out on the wire for something to save Yeah and hope was a word man it never could pay Oh we’re fumbling for fiction or something to take Yeah and Mercury’s smiling but I know she’s a fake Yeah and alright, okay now I see Here in the hands of the hand that built the beach Oh and the fortune lady’s the only one Yeah the fortune lady’s the only who sees And old madam haggard is cleaning the clocks Yeah the paperboy's combing his nickels for rocks And coyotes in the car with the motor running loud Yeah the stars were all hiding when Mercury’s out