You Can't Fool The Beast Lyrics - Singles - Horslips

There has always been great speculation 

As to the nature of the Brown Bull 

In the manuscripts the Bull is referred to as 

'An Donn Cuailgne' 

While the word 'Donn' means brown 

It is also the name 

Of the ancient Irish god of the dead 

There is also a related story 

Which tells how two malevolent magicians 

Take the shape of bulls 

And resume a long standing feud 

You can fool the woman 

One of these days 

You're gonna fool the man 

'Cause you've got the insight 

You can see a world of things 

They can't understand 

You can say you're winning 

You can count the score 

And say you know that they've lost 

But you'll end up admitting 

That the price is more 

Than simply counting the cost