Kunci: E minor
Verse 1
The baker told the blind man
I've been watching you for weeks
Smiling when you cross the road.
Verse 2
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The blind man to his credit
Was both generous and kind
He never heard the bomb explode.
Verse 3
Em
They found his wounded wallet
Hanging from the banker's sign
His white stick was a
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crumpled mess.
Verse 4
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Remains of him were vaporised
Apart from one big fist
The banker never did confess.
Verse 5
into the sunrise
With a crw of lady boys
Howling like a dog on heat.
Verse 6
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Money is the root of evil
Join him on the deck
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Dancing to the devil's beat.
Interlude 1
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Verse 7
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The Minister for Pleasure
With a flick of his own wrist
Tossed a story to the waiting press.
Verse 8
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In truth we are determined
He said through gritted teeth
Government is handing the mess.
Verse 9
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The press reported little
There was little to report
Sickness spreading through the ranks.
Verse 10
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Disease was not contagious
It paralysed the tongue
The banker spat at them
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with thanks.
Verse 11
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The blind man showed remorse
With his bent and twisted stick
Wading in the blood around his feet.
Verse 12
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The Minister for Pleasure
Was first up on the floor
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Dancing to the devil's beat.
Interlude 2
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Verse 13
and hungry colleague
Asked me just the other day
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'Who are you to criticize excess?'.
Verse 14
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I told him to his face
He was hiding in a bubble
Living out the dream of his success.
Verse 15
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Without his old white stick
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He was walking the plank
Pirates to his left and right.
Verse 16
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While his heavy burden
Had been lifted for a while
His pot of gold was out of sight.
Verse 17
one gives him space
In these twisted tangled times
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Con tempt they say is bitter sweet.
Verse 18
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You will always find him
Seething in the shadows
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Dancing to the devil's beat.
Outro 1
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