Bookends

Riley was always goin' on about the Cross and breakin' it Takin' acre and the pain reliever within But when the livin' do not bury the dead And women ape men eight, nine, ten False mutes given tongues Cut their bed to shred, now strike And fall in back with your vanguard Let us not rehearse Let the brother change his sister into A pit they dig so deep That they come out the roof, owin' to The impatience of the multitude Hard in the marketplace Always with the advertisin' Bear excuses, nolen volens This they do, they save themselves This they do, they save themselves This they do But who's them anyway? Who's them anyway? Who's them anyway? That rumor spread When the people heard, they thought they'd done it themselves That's no remedy, no We still don't see what we don't wanna see, yeah You think I'm gonna throw my soul away When I've seen women buried in three different ways I've seen women buried in three different ways In three different ways In three different ways You take me today I take you tomorrow It'll be the busiest day of my life I can't forget my ensign Gotta pay attention to the orders And gather all my men up I gotta gather 'em up But what's the use My backbone shot through? Baby, don't make me yawn You had your last shit on when they found you Figure to yourself, my friend Thirst is comin' Yeah, it's comin', it's comin' Thirst is comin' Now I'm suin' you for mercy, mercy Now I'm suin' you for mercy, mercy Now I'm suin' you for mercy, mercy Now I'm suin' you for mercy, mercy Now I'm suin' you for mercy, mercy Now I'm suin' you for mercy, mercy Now I'm suin' you for mercy, mercy Now I'm suin' you for mercy, mercy Riley was always goin' off about the Cross and breakin' it The condition of life, the source of the blue Nile Grace cup to your lips 70 thousand men, why am I wonderin' where Riley went? Gotta speak at the end of my breath 'cause I'm still wonderin' where Riley went Like it or not Yeah, that's what you got Like it or not Yeah, that's what you got Because Riley was always goin' off about the Cross and breakin' it The condition of life, the source of the blue Nile Grace cup to your lips 70 thousand men, why am I wonderin' where Riley went? Gotta speak at the end of my breath 'cause I'm still wonderin' where Riley went Well, like it or not Yeah, that's what you got Like it or not, yeah Yeah, that's what you got Because Riley was always He was always goin' off He wanted to break that Cross Yeah, he just wanted He wanted to break the Cross He just wanted He wanted so bad to go off about He just needed He needed to break the Cross He's goin' to, he wanted so bad He wanted to break the Cross Just goin' to break the Cross, he wanted to, yeah He wanted to break it, he wanted to break it