Adder -

An adder wrapped its neck around me

An adder wrapped its neck around me

The serpent in its posture, is draining life from me

An adder wrapped its neck around me

There is water at the bottom of the sea

There is water at the bottom of the sea

Beneath the plastic islands, and white chemical stream

There is water at the bottom of the sea

I asked for water and they gave me gasoline

I asked for water and they gave me gasoline

They said gasoline’s expensive and water’s often free

I asked for water and they gave me gasoline

I asked for water and they gave me gasoline

Asked for a drink, they gave me turpentine

They put the spike into the wells and turned their money green

I asked for water and they gave me gasoline

If I were a bird a bull would step on me

He’d twist my nose and break up all my wings

The only thing left over would be the little song I sing

If I were a bird a bull would step on me

If I were a bull a butcher I would see

Like an animal that’s carved before he’s free

But if I were a butcher, my apron would be clean

If I were a bull a butcher I would see

An adder wrapped its neck around me

So that I will see the bad things that he sees

And when I’m too much like him, that’s when he will eat me

An adder wrapped its neck around me