Goat

Lyrics:

• clock tickin’ on the chained man walkin’
• headin’ up a county road
• out of town
• into the desert
• carryin’ the weight of the old scapegoat


• too much talk & rumor
• someone gotta take the blame
• take the scarlet thread on the neck
• walk it out of town
• somewhere far away


• too much fear & trouble
• somebody’s gotta go
• take the weight on their back
• walk it outa town like the old scapegoat


• when u go
• take the fear & violence with you
• when u go
• take the writing from the wall
• let’s walk this goat around . .
• let’s get him loaded down
• let’s run this goat right out of town
• o . . . . ‘fore the sun go down


• too much loot in the palace
• somebody gotta pay
• with a naked neck
• take the sharp off the knife
• bleed the sins away


• too much blood in the river . . .
• somebody gotta go
• take the hate on their back . . .
• off the rocky cliff to the abyss below


• when u go . . . take the fear & violence with you
• when u go . . . take the writing from the wall
• let’s walk this goat around
• let’s get him loaded down
• let’s run this goat right out of town


• when u go . . . take the sin & darkness with you
• when u go . . . we’ll fire our guns into the air
• let’s walk this goat around
• let’s get him loaded down
• let’s run this goat right out of town
• o . . . ‘fore the sun go down


• one last look at the scapegoat
• baggy-eyed & loaded down
• shaggy-bearded, sad & broken
• the old goat falls without a sound