Sharpening Axes Lyrics - Graham Parker

Pre>intro b b b b b b c b (then) a a a a a a b a 

(0ver) em dm7 (twice) 

Em dm7 

I'm not selling molasses I'm not pushing tea 

Em dm7 

I don't appeal to the masses and they don't appeal to me 

Em dm7 

I'm not peddling fiction I'm not packaging youth 

Em dm7 

I've got a predilection for the truth 

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Bridge #1 

Am dm 

I can't stand it any longer I can't suffer any more fools 

Am dm 

I'm gonna keep on sharpening axes till I've got the sharpest tools 

C gm 

I can't access information comin' down the mainframe 

C gm bm a bm a 

Those puerile incantations in couplets or quatrains 

Watch it all run amok now watch those idiots score 

Till you can't remember that they're idiots any more 

Watch that stain increasing spreading out across the earth 

Till you can't remember what anything is worth 

Bridge #2 

I can't stand it any longer I can't listen to any more words 

I'm gonna keep on sharpening axes till they cut right through this dirt 

I can't access information comin down the satellite beam 

All I hear is psycho babble and I don't know what it means 

Photos 

Instrumental section, then 

Bridge #1 (1st half) 

Verse #2 (1st half) 

Bridge #2 (2nd half) 

Bm a 

Sharpening axes (3 times) /pre>