10000 Maniacs The Lion`s Share Lyrics

The Lion`s Share Lyrics

[ music: Natalie Merchant & Dennis Drew/words: Natalie Merchant ]

Can I be unhappy? 
Look at what I see: a beast in furs and crowned in luxury. 
He`s a wealthy man in the poorest land, a self-appointed king, 
and there`s no complaining while he`s reigning. 
The lambs are bare of fleece and cold; the lion has stolen that, I`m told. 
There must be some creature mighty as you are. 
The lambs go hungry (not fair), the biggest portion is the lion`s share. 
There must be some creature mighty as you are. 

Can I be unhappy? 
Listen and agree, no words can shame him or tame him. 
The lambs are bare of fleece and cold; the lion has stolen that, I`m told. 
There must be some creature mighty as you are. 
The lambs go hungry (not fair), the biggest portion is the lion`s share. 
There must be some creature mighty as you are, as you are. 

Razor claws in velvet paws, you dunce in your guarded home, 
`til a stronger beast will call on you and pounce upon your throne. 

Do we pay? Dearly, for the lion takes so greedily 
and he knows that what he`s taken, it is ours. 
That`s how the wealth`s divided among the lambs and king of the beasts, it is
so one-sided. 
Until the lamb is king of the beasts we live so one-sided.