Too Much Rope Lyrics

Too Much Rope lyrics

When the sleigh is heavy

   And the timber wolves are getting bold

   You look at you companions

   And test the water of their friendship

   With your toe

   They significantly edge

   Closer to the gold

   Each man has his price Bob

   And yours was pretty low

   History is short the sun is just a minor star

   The poor man sells his kidneys

   In some colonial bazaar

   Ce sera sera

   Is that your new Ferrari car

   Nice but I think I'll wait for the F50

   You don't have to be a Jew

   To disapprove of murder

   Tears burn our eyes

   Moslem or Christian Mullah or Pope

   Preacher or poet who was it wrote

   Give any one species too much rope

   And they'll fuck it up

   And last night on TV

   A Vietnam vet

   Takes his beard and his pain

   And his alienation twenty years

   Back to Asia again

   Sees the monsters they made

   In formaldehyde floating 'round

   Meets a gook on a bike

   A good little tyke

   A nice enough guy

   With the same soldier's eyes

   Tears burn my eyes

   What does it mean

   This tearjerking scene

   Beamed into my home

   That it moves me so much

   Why all the fuss

   It's only two humans being

   It's only two humans being

   Tears burn my eyes

   What does it mean

   This tender TV

   This tearjerking scene

   Beamed into my home

   You don't have to be a Jew

   To disapprove of murder

   Tears burn in our eyes

   Moslem or Christian Mullah or Pope

   Preacher or poet who was it wrote

   Give any one species too much rope

   And they'll fuck it up