Born in sheep's blood plain and simple
Washed out of my mother's temple
All around I heard them laughing
As father sheep had stood there calving
Black they were, with white eyes gleaming
Right in heaven life was seeming
Brittle wind blew snow upon me
I got blanketed all white and frosty
In my time I grew and killed them
Or out of memory I willed them
And willed in a greater history
Out of massacre and mystery
Was no longer wealthy, woolly
Nor anything I could grasp fully
Someone rush to re-inject me
God of gods, won't you protect me?
Fixed my face and marching onward
Marching running ever forward
Buildings were a bloody vessel
Edging me below the trestle
There in coal and whitened gravel
I built a shield of wooden baffle
Inside of which I raised a fire
So I could tonight retire
Everyone will tell you it's evil to be
A free-thinking pecker like bonnie old me
But I'll flex my armies and blow out my gut
And prove I'll be loved by any old slut
Look here in my wallet, it's loaded and true
And now I can leave here and go and find you
[00:09.82]Born in sheep's blood plain and simple
[00:12.77]Washed out of my mother's temple
[00:17.19]All around I heard them laughing
[00:20.30]As father sheep had stood there calving
[00:28.22]Black they were, with white eyes gleaming
[00:31.90]Right in heaven life was seeming
[00:35.59]Brittle wind blew snow upon me
[00:38.50]I got blanketed all white and frosty
[00:42.74]In my time I grew and killed them
[00:50.27]Or out of memory I willed them
[00:53.71]And willed in a greater history
[00:57.37]Out of massacre and mystery
[01:04.96]Was no longer wealthy, woolly
[01:08.53]Nor anything I could grasp fully
[01:12.25]Someone rush to re-inject me
[01:15.58]God of gods, won't you protect me?
[01:23.48]Fixed my face and marching onward
[01:27.04]Marching running ever forward
[01:30.71]Buildings were a bloody vessel
[01:34.08]Edging me below the trestle
[01:41.75]There in coal and whitened gravel
[01:45.09]I built a shield of wooden baffle
[01:48.97]Inside of which I raised a fire
[01:52.20]So I could tonight retire
[01:55.73]Everyone will tell you it's evil to be
[02:07.62]A free-thinking pecker like bonnie old me
[02:14.72]But I'll flex my armies and blow out my gut
[02:20.10]And prove I'll be loved by any old slut
[02:29.75]Look here in my wallet, it's loaded and true
[02:37.15]And now I can leave here and go and find you