Bookends

Riley was always going on about

The cross and breakin' it

Taking Acre and the pain reliever within

But when the living do not bury the dead

And women ape men, eight, nine, ten

False mutes given tongues cut their bed to shreds

Now strike

And fall in back with your vanguard

Let us not rehearse

Let the brother change his sister into

A pit they dig so deep

That they come out the roof, owing to

The impatience of the multitude

Hard in the marketplace

Always with the advertising

Bare excuses, nolens volens

This they do, they save themselves

This they do, they save themselves

This they do

But who's them anyway?

Who's them anyway?

Who's them anyway?

That rumour spread

When the people heard, they thought they'd done it themselves

That's no remedy, no

We still don't see what we don't wanna see, yeah

You think I'm gonna throw my soul away when

I've seen women buried

In three different ways

I've seen women buried in three different ways

In three different ways

In three different ways

You take me today

I take you tomorrow

It'll be the busiest day of my life

I can't forget my ensign

Gotta pay attention to the orders

And gather all my men up

I gotta gather 'em up

But what's the use? My backbone's shot through

Baby, don't make me yawn

You had your last shit on when they found you

Figure to yourself, my friend

Thirst is coming

Yeah, it's coming, it's coming

Thirst is coming

Now I'm suing you for mercy, mercy

Now I'm suing you for mercy, mercy

Now I'm suing you for mercy, mercy

Now I'm suing you for mercy, mercy

Now I'm suing you for mercy, mercy

Now I'm suing you for mercy, mercy

Now I'm suing you for mercy, mercy

Now I'm suing you for mercy, mercy

Riley was always going off about the cross and breakin' it

The condition of life, the source of the blue Nile, grace cup to your lips

70,000 men, why am I wondering where Riley went?

Gotta speak at the end of my breath 'cause I'm still wondering where Riley went

Like it or not

Yeah, that's what you got

Like it or not

Yeah, that's what you got

Because Riley was always going off about the cross and breakin' it

The condition of life, the source of the blue Nile, grace cup to your lips

70,000 men, why am I wondering where Riley went?

Gotta speak at the end of my breath 'cause I'm still wondering where Riley went

But like it or not

Yeah, that's what you got

Like it or not

Yeah, yeah, that's what you got

Because Riley was always, he was always going off

He wanted to break that cross, yeah, he just wanted

He wanted to break the cross, he just wanted

He wanted something to go off about, he just needed

He needed to break the cross, he wanted too

He wanted it so bad

He wanted to break the cross, just go and break the cross, he wanted to, yeah

He wanted to