Too Much Rope Lyrics - Amused To Death - Roger Waters

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 

Que 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 

Muslim 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