National Ransom (Live)

Runnin` pell mell and harum scarum Runnin` as hot as they do or dare Stick out your tongue and drink down all the venom Off Cut Throat Cuthbert and Millicent StCy From the real old Macau To the new False Americas In the liberated territories Unusual suspects shake down Shake down shake down Various dubious characters Mother`s in the kitchen pickin` bones for breakfast Boilin` them down by the bushel and the score Pull out your thumb and count what`s left on your fist There`s a wolf at the window with a ravenin` maw Did you find how to lie Did you find out how to cheat The elite bleat they`re obsolete So are your prospects Exact perfect object Now if you`d only genuflect They`re runnin` wild just like some Childish tantrum Meanwhile we`re workin` every day Payin` off the National Ransom Woe betide all this hocus pocus They`re runnin` us ragged at their first attempt Around the time the killin` stopped on Wall St You couldn`t hold me baby with anythin` but contempt Letters peal slowly from our speech The Claxton attempts to preach Stretchin` out for stars still out of reach Drownin` flailin` outside Someone`s wailin` They`re runnin` wild just like some Childish tantrum Meanwhile we`re workin` every day Payin` off the National Ransom They`re runnin` wild just like some Childish tantrum Meanwhile we`re workin` every day Payin` off the National Ransom