medicine man

Lyrics

we look at the table, and we look at the time, we see a short fuse burning, we're standing on a land mine, you look at the cold soup, i look at the grey wall, i see a red flag burning, yeah, man we need a santa claus, down on the homeless avenue, down among the rocks and stones, the cradle falls but the buck stops here, let's think about their hearts and bones, and we all need a medicine man, all need a medicine man, don't we need a medicine man, his shake and his rattle and his helping hand, see the meat of a nation, on the back of a truck, i think we're waste in a dumpster, hey sorry kid it's tough luck, she was adorable, and he was a good boy, they were inseparable, yeah bitten by the cold war, rags on the shapes of millions, tears among the cuts and blows, the backbone snaps and the kids can't dance