Alan Moore — Mr. A

Thwak! Crash! Bang! Wow! He had one room above a thrift store He had a trunk of books by Ayn Rand He was short-sighted and reclusive Resisting pleads to take his photograph He drew a superhero comic He saw the world in terms of black and white He said, "A day's work for a day's pay" "That is our one and only right" Oh, that's what Mr. A said That's what Mr. A said I said, that's just what Mr. A said That's what Mr. A said, that's what he said He drew a superhero comic His style was strange and psychedelic He got approval of the headshots The children's way was quite ironic He probably voted for George Wallace But there was always more to him than that He said "a man should never compromise in matters of morality" "Lest he should slide into a pit where fear and greed are cross-hatched" That's what Mr. A said Oh, that's what Mr. A said I tell ya, that's what Mr. A said I said, that's just what Mr. A said, that's what he said His style was strange and psychedelic They made him sign a lousy contract Thirty years later he was homeless And his creations were on cable He takes a card and shades one half in dark So's he can demonstrate to you just what he means He says there is black and there is white And there is wrong and there is right And there is nothing, nothing in between That's what Mr. A said I tell ya, that's what Mr. A said I said, that's just what Mr. A said Oh, that's what Mr. A said, that's what he said That's what Mr. A said That's what Mr. A said That's what Mr. A said That's just what Mr. A said Oh, that's what Mr. A said I said, that's what Mr. A said I tell ya, that's what Mr. A said Oh, that's what Mr. A said, that's what he said