You gotta be crazy, you
gotta have a real need.
You gotta sleep on your toes,
and when you're on the street,
You gotta be able to pick out
the easy meat with your eyes closed.
And then moving in silently, down
wind and out of sight,
You gotta strike when the moment
is right without thinking.
And after a while, you
can work on points for style.
Like the club tie, and the firm
handshake,
A certain look in the eye and
an easy smile.
You have to be trusted by the
people that you lie to,
So that when they turn their backs
on you,
You'll get the chance to put the
knife in.
You gotta keep one eye
looking over your shoulder.
You know it's going to get harder,
and harder and harder as you get older.
And in the end you'll pack up
and fly down south,
Hide your head in the sand,
Just another sad old man,
All alone and dying of cancer.
And when you loose control,
you'll reap the harvest that you have sown.
And as the fear grows, the bad
blood slows and turns to stone.
And it's too late to loose the
weight you used to need to throw around.
So have a good drown, as you go
down, (all) alone
Dragged down by the stone.
I gotta admit that I'm
a little bit confused.
Sometimes it seems to me as if
I'm just being used.
Gotta stay awake, gotta try and
shake off this creeping malaise.
If I don't stand my own ground,
how can I find my way out of this maze?
Deaf, dumb and blind you
just keep on pretending
That everyone's expendable and
no-one had a real friend.
And it seems to you the thing
to do would be to isolate the winner.
And everything's done under the
sun,
And you believe at heart, everyone's
a killer.
Who was born in a house
full of pain.
Who was trained not to spit in
the fan.
Who was told what to do by the
man.
Who was broken by trained personne.
Who was fitted with collar and
chain.
Who was given a pat on the back.
(Who was given a seat in the stand.)
Who was breaking away from the
pack.
Who was only a stranger at home.
Who was ground down in the end.
Who was found dead on the phone
Who was dragged down by the stone.
© 1977 Roger Waters Pink Floyd Music Publishers Ltd
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