You Shed Violence Lyrics

You shed violence on a somber street

Out of ammo, but don't admit defeat

If parsimony is a level plan

You are the only level-headed man

Arn, did you might

See a gory sight

Of the selfish ones

And their bricked-up life

In their hotel rooms

With their breakfast noons

Dripping for a time like solder

Sue, did you know

The turbaned ones can glow

At least that's what they say

In the news they show

See how they flail for space

When we turn the screws

Yelling for a time as if healthy

You shed violence although no one cares

It's prejudicial, but it's lacking stares

When sanctimony is de rigueur

You measure only what you see in her

Bo, did you see

That framed guy flee

From the game of Life

With his messed-up knee

In his grandma's shed

With the broken Vette

Panting for a time like crazy

Doc, did you catch

That garbled snatch

From his bleeding lips

Where the lies were hatched

In a frantic tone

A jagged tale was born

Naming some folks we can't bother

Ian did you make

A cut they can't take

From the studio

Where your voice was faked

In an office flat

Where the funds were at

Melting away like summer

You shed violence in a world at war

It's incongruous, but it's what's in store

When the Stasi come around smiling

We'll be nowhere, except on an island