Strange Victory, Strange Defeat - Silver Jews

Squirrels imported from Connecticut

Just in time for fall

How much fun is a lot more fun?

Not much fun at all

What’s with all the handsome grandsons

In these rock band magazines?

And what have they done with the fat ones?

The bald and the goatee’d?

Strange victory!

Strange victory!

Strange victory!

Strange defeat

A tale is told of a band of squirrels

Who lived in defiance of defeat

They woke up in the nightmare world

Of craven mediocrity

They said, «We're coming out of the black patch!

We’re coming out of the pocket!

We’re calling into question

Such virtue gone to seed!»