John Zorn - The Ballad Of Hank Mccain

John Zorn

No one knows better than the king

Life's a filthy dirty game

Very very hard to win



No one knows better than the king

How to disregard the pain

Never, never let it in



No one knows better than the king

That an angry man goes blind

Knocks his head against the wall



No one knows better than the king

How it hurts a man to fight

That he's human after all



No one knows better than the king

What a desperate man may do

When it gets too hard to bear



No one knows better than the king

How to spit on the taboos

As they thought he'd never dare




No one knew better than the king

How to care for number one

How to take and never give



No one knew better than the king

That when all is said and done

That's the only way to live



No one knew better than the king

Just how angry you can be

When they cage you in with laws



No one knew better than the king

That a man who thinks he's free

knocks his head against a wall



No one knew better than the king

Just how bitter it would be

To be beaten after all



No one knew better than the king

They're the ones who fix the game

They're the ones with loaded dice



No one knew better than the king

That they'd get him all the same

And they made him pay the price