[ music: Natalie Merchant & Dennis Drew/words: Natalie Merchant ]
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Can I be unhappy?
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Look at what I see: a beast in furs and crowned in luxury.
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He's a wealthy man in the poorest land, a self-appointed king,
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and there's no complaining while he's reigning.
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The lambs are bare of fleece and cold; the lion has stolen that, I'm told.
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There must be some creature mighty as you are.
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The lambs go hungry (not fair), the biggest portion is the lion's share.
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There must be some creature mighty as you are.
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Can I be unhappy?
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Listen and agree, no words can shame him or tame him.
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The lambs are bare of fleece and cold; the lion has stolen that, I'm told.
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There must be some creature mighty as you are.
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The lambs go hungry (not fair), the biggest portion is the lion's share.
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There must be some creature mighty as you are, as you are.
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Razor claws in velvet paws, you dunce in your guarded home,
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'til a stronger beast will call on you and pounce upon your throne.
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Do we pay? Dearly, for the lion takes so greedily
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and he knows that what he's taken, it is ours.
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That's how the wealth's divided among the lambs and king of the beasts, it is so one-sided.
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Until the lamb is king of the beasts we live so one-sided.
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The Lion's Share
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| 10000 Maniacs |
