Patient Zero

They served you champagne like a hero When you landed, someone carried your bag From here on out, you're patient zero Smelling ether as they hand you the rag Life is good You look around and think "I'm in the right neighborhood" But, honey, you just moved in Life is grand And wouldn't you like To have it go as planned? Go as planned Hip hip hooray, hocus pocus With some magic you can fly through the air But when you're the guy pulling focus There are people who will wish you weren't there Life is good You look around and think "I'm in the right neighborhood" But, honey, you just moved in Life is grand And wouldn't you like To have it go as planned? Go as planned Go west, young man Go west, take a real screen test Doesn't count as a job well done The locust had their day The suckers pay and pay Carmen Sternwood probably pull that trigger for fun And in the hills, where all the sunshine, constant companion (constant companion) Close enough to almost touch the lights of the canyon (lights of the canyon) The lights of the canyon But news filtered out of the transom That a villain ended up with a part You paid your respects like a ransom To a moment that was doomed from the start Life is good You look around and think "I'm in the right neighborhood" But, honey, you don't belong Life is grand And wouldn't you like To have it go as planned? Go as planned And in the hills, where all the sunshine, constant companion (constant companion) Close enough to almost touch the lights of the canyon (lights of the canyon) The lights of the canyon (lights of the canyon) The lights of the canyon (lights of the canyon) The lights of the canyon The lights of the canyon --- Patient Zero - Aimee Mann