Peasant (Sung) Lyrics

A ghoul sits on a stool

Makes a rule fit for a fool

And so a tool cruelly makes off with your gold

Proud 'cause he's allowed

Legally endowed wrapped in a shroud

You bowed and thanked him loudly for his cold shoulder

A sheep asleep so deep

You keep doing as you're told

After all it's such a ball to be so utterly controlled

By forces you can't see who whisper it's your luxury

To be another in some bigger brother's stranglehold

And it's hard to be a king in the clothing of a peasant

Hard to see the future and be shackled in the present

Hard to be so clear when everything else so clearly isn't

Oh Lord grant me safer passage

Oh Lord grant me safer passage

A pig he takes a swig he digs a fig and snaps a twig

He's a bigwig on his rig and don't forget it

You cry and think to lie but it's his sty

Why even try when you can spy it in his eye you're going to get it?

At 9 you wait in line to pay the fine and brave the swine

Because the crime is the design's designed against you

It's true it's revenue

The royal screw no matter what you do

This crew don't give a damn if they've incensed you

Hell they laugh because they've already dispensed with you

And it's hard to be a king in the clothing of a peasant

Hard to see the future and be shackled in the present

Hard to be so clear when everything else so clearly isn't

Oh Lord grant me safer passage

Oh Lord grant me safer passage

What else is there to say about the M-E-D-I-A

And the realities at play on television?

Of course we disagree but why can't everybody see

That the obvious decree here is division?

Everyone I know's at odds

An embarrassment of false gods

With celebrity and gossip now religion

This fake two party system just a twisted mechanism

That tricks us into thinking we're assisting a decision

And it's hard to be a king in the clothing of a peasant

Hard to see the future and be shackled in the present

Hard to be so clear when everything else so clearly isn't

Oh Lord grant me safer passage

Oh Lord grant me safer passage

Oh Lord grant me safer passage

Oh Lord grant me safer passage