Too Much Rope lyrics

[Verse 1]

When the sleigh is heavy

And the timber wolves are getting bold

You look at your companions and test

The water of their friendship, with your toe

And they significantly edge

Closer to the gold

Each man has his price, Bob

And yours was pretty low

[Verse 2]

Now history is short

And 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

[Chorus]

You don't have to be a Jew

To disapprove of murder

Tears burn my 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

[Verse 3]

Last night on TV

A Vietnam vet takes his beard and his pain

And his alienation of twenty years

Back to Asia again

Sees the monsters they made

In Formaldehyde floating around

Meets a gook on a bike

A good little tyke, with the same soldier's eyes

[Guitar Solo]

[Bridge]

What does it mean?

This tear jerking scene

Beamed into my home

That moves me so much

Why all the fuss?

It's only two humans being

It's only two humans being

Tears burn in my eyes

What does it mean?

This tender TV

This tear jerking scene

Beamed into my home

[Chorus]

And you don't have to be a Jew

To disapprove of murder

Tears burn my 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

[Outro]

*Switch TV channel*

[Woman:] Oh my God!

[Man:] Dammit! Get help

[Woman:] No! They're only children!

[Man:] Oh my God! Cathy, what have you done?

[Woman:] The children! Have you both gone mad? He was sh.....

• Artist:Roger Waters
• Album:Amused to Death