The Mule On The Plane

Look beyond the things you know

There's a mule on the airplane sitting next to you

You'd know her name was Consuelo if you'd be introduced

Consuelo carries a package and she's paid to look away

She's departures and destinations and silence on the way

Don't look now, there's a mule on the plane

You deplore the methods and you thrive on the results

And your greatest fear is to be found out

She deplores the methods and subsists on the results

And her greatest fear is to be found out

There's a mule on the airplane staring straight ahead

Not much for conversation, just staring straight ahead

Getting used to the sad sensation of feeling out of place

She's from one of those countries where they come up and starve right in your face

Don't look now, there's a mule on the plane

Well even a broken clock's right twice a day!

But you, you suffer, you suffer and suffer

Yes, I know it's true

Consuelo drifts asleep

She dreams of medicine

She dreams of food

She dreams of shelter

So look beyond the things you know

Don't look now...