Blood Sweat Tears 40000 Headmen Lyrics

40000 Headmen Lyrics

WRITERS JAMES CAPALDI, STEVE WINWOOD







Forty thousand headmen couldn't make me change my mind



If I had to take the choice between the deafman and the blind



I know just where my feet should go and that's enough for me



I turned around and knocked them down and walked across the sea







Hadn't traveled very far when suddenly I saw



Three small ships a-sailing out towards a distant shore



So lighting up a cigarette I followed in pursuit



And found a secret cave where they obviously stashed their loot







Filling up my pockets, even stuffed it up my nose



I must have weighed a hundred tons between my head and toes



I ventured forth before the dawn had time to change its mind



And soaring high above the clouds I found a golden shrine







Laying down my treasure before the iron gate



Quickly rang the bell hoping I hadn't come too late



But someone came along and told me not to waste my time



And when I asked him who he was he said, 'Just look behind'







So I turned around and forty thousand headmen hit the dirt



Firing twenty shotguns each and man, it really hurt



But luckily for me they had to stop and then reload



And by the time they'd done that I was heading down the road