Bread And Circuses

Текст песни 10000 Maniacs - Bread And Circuses <br/> [ billy bragg and natalie merchant ]<br /><br /><br />Crowds gather round kneeling at the feet of common thieves<br />Hungry for the word, but God would never speak through such as these,<br />Such as these<br />Who offer healing hands and balms, and redemption, a few would cross<br />Their palms<br />( )<br />They'll tell your troubles to the lord for how ever much you can afford<br /><br />Hands holding hands in the circle of the sinners and the saints<br />Memories that linger from the cradle, placing puzzles in the grave,<br />In the grave<br />No mortal skin and bone can live on bread and circuses alone<br />The spirit needs, must drive the mystery of why you're alive<br /><br />Chorus:<br /><br />They look and their book and they read<br />But their cold hearts say, follow me<br /><br />Dance in the dust in the frenzy of the desperately in need<br />Led by the voices of the men who invoke ritual to hide their greed,<br />Hide their greed<br />Come every tongue, every eye across the crumbling earth and cracking skies<br />The gates of hell stand open wide, but the path of glory you walk single<br />File<br /><br />(chorus)<br /><br />These men make a cage for the very souls that came here to be free<br /><br />They turn off their lights for their tents they're fixing to leave<br /><br />(instrumental)<br /><br />Follow me<br /><br />(chorus 2x)<br />