A Pack Of Lies
Released in 1990 by Kitchenware Records
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INTRO (x4)
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VERSE 1
They
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first met at the hospital, she was checking out for good
Her
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body patched but past repair, and there her angel stood
She was
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feeling quite confused now
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that her
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death was close at hand
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She
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had to face eternity,
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so why
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not this mumbling man
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Got himself a wedding suit at a local warrant sale
It be
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longed to some old Turkish man who’d owed and gone to jail
He would
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coax her mind with talk of
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love to
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make her body kind
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Because
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people hate the truth, you know, they
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need their pack
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of
lies
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VERSE 2
Growing
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tired of being foreign, being spat on and shortchanged
He de
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manded that she leave with him for the land from whence he came
They were
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herded on like cattle
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to a
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ferry at high tide
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This
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unkempt, aging orphan
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and his
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helpless, dying bride
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But he
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left her at the other shore crying on the deck
She was
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slumped against the rail as he had struck to free his neck
And the
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customs shed was empty
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as he
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made his way inside
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There were no
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chimpanzees in uniform to
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hear his pack
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of
lies
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INTERLUDE
Now she’s as
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cending into heaven with con
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tentment on her
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face
And Holy
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God is there to greet and batter
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her into her
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place
VERSE 3
Ah but
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meanwhile back on Earth it seems the prodigal returned
They’re
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making him the chieftain and they’ve come to him to learn
How the
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neighbours in the rich land
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made us
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steal and kill and lie
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And
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when they ask who culls the weaklings
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there he just
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shrugs and says “Not I
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!”
Though sur
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rounded by diseases, I stood tall and kept my health
I
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could have been important if I’d been somebody else
The
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moral of this story
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is: This
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land’s a victim-farm
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Don’t you
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ever feed a beggar
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here, he’ll
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eat your fucking arm
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And
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don’t blaspheme the strong ones
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if you
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want to stay alive
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Now
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smile and give them thanks
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when they say, “
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Here’s a pack
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of
lies!
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