40,000 Headmen Lyrics - Blood, Sweat & Tears 3 - Blood Sweat & Tears

Forty thousand headmen couldn't make me change my mind 

If I had to take the choice between the deaf man and the blind 

I know just where my feet should go and that's enough for me 

I turned around and knocked them down 

And walked across the sea. 

Hadn't traveled very far when suddenly I saw 

Three small ships a sailin' towards a distant shore 

So lighting up a cigarette I followed in pursuit 

And found a secret cave where they obviously stashed their loot 

Filling up my pockets even stuffed it up my nose 

I must have weighed a hundred tons between my head and toes 

I ventured forth before the dawn had time to change it's mind 

And soaring high above the clouds I found a golden shrine. 

Laying down my treasure before the iron gate 

Quickly rang the bell, hoped I hadn't come too late 

But someone came along and told me not to waste my time 

And when I asked him who he was he said "Just look behind" 

So I turned around and 40,000 headmen bit the dirt 

Firing twenty shotguns each and man it really hurt 

But luckily for me they had to stop and then reload 

And by the time they'd done I was heading down the road. 

Heading down the road, 

Forty thousand headmen on my trail