Amused to Death

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Too Much Rope Lyrics

Artist: Roger Waters (Buy Roger Waters CDs)
Album: Amused To Death

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 tear jerking 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 tear jerking 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

Comments/Interpretations

by JackeShan on 10/9/2008 6:02pm
Genius.

by Jason on 10/3/2010 10:35pm
Absolutely disgusting song.

-2

by MiOs on 2/9/2011 3:29am
beau coco le jason...

by Neil on 8/31/2011 4:47pm
Class song

by Factsarebitter on 10/10/2011 9:27pm
Jason, you lack taste bro

by AgentQ on 12/16/2011 2:32am
You missed the point. It is disgusting, but that's not what this song alludes to. Listen to (read) the entire lyrics...then get in your F50 and drive away.

by Ron on 10/2/2013 2:56am
Tears burn my eyes

by Chemo on 3/26/2015 3:58pm
Hermosa canci�n! Beautiful and deep song!