An adder wrapped it's neck around me The serpent in it's posture, is draining life from me There is water at the bottom of the sea Beneath the plastic islands, and white chemical stream I asked for water and they gave me gasoline They said gasoline's expensive and water's often free I asked for water and they gave me gasoline I asked for water and they gave me gasoline Asked for a drink, they gave me turpentine They put the spike into the wells and turned their money green I asked for water and they gave me gasoline If I were a bird a bull would step on me He'd twist my nose and break up all my wings The only thing left over would be the little song I sing If I were a bull a butcher I would see Like an animal that's carved before he's free But if I were a butcher, my apron would be clean An adder wrapped it's neck around me So that I will see the bad things that he sees And when I'm too much like him, that's when he will eat me
