Key: E minor
Verse 1
The baker told the blind man
I've been watching you for weeks
Smiling when you cross the road.
Verse 2
Was both generous and kind
He never heard the bomb explode.
Verse 3
Hanging from the banker's sign
His white stick was a
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crumpled mess.
Verse 4
Apart from one big fist
The banker never did confess.
Verse 5
into the sunrise
With a crw of lady boys
Howling like a dog on heat.
Verse 6
Join him on the deck
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Dancing to the devil's beat.
Interlude 1
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Verse 7
With a flick of his own wrist
Tossed a story to the waiting press.
Verse 8
He said through gritted teeth
Government is handing the mess.
Verse 9
There was little to report
Sickness spreading through the ranks.
Verse 10
It paralysed the tongue
The banker spat at them
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with thanks.
Verse 11
With his bent and twisted stick
Wading in the blood around his feet.
Verse 12
Was first up on the floor
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Dancing to the devil's beat.
Interlude 2
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Verse 13
and hungry colleague
Asked me just the other day
Verse 14
He was hiding in a bubble
Living out the dream of his success.
Verse 15
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He was walking the plank
Pirates to his left and right.
Verse 16
Had been lifted for a while
His pot of gold was out of sight.
Verse 17
one gives him space
In these twisted tangled times
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Con tempt they say is bitter sweet.
Verse 18
Seething in the shadows
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Dancing to the devil's beat.
Outro 1
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Bm
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