Sandi Thom
Sandi Thom - The Big Ones Get Away (feat. Buffy Sainte-Marie) lyrics
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Hey, baby I just got back from town Where the bribes are paid Honey, they turned my offer down Said the deal's already made So now I must stand and watch While it all falls down And the buzzards and the hawks And the judges and the mob They circle around Now if I, now if I were the queen of all the world I would go in chains just to see you free Of the ropes that bind you And the role you play And the game that hooks you While the big ones get away Love junkies wanna change the world Well, it quickly stays the same Money junkies wanna hire all the smart ones Power junkies rule the game One step at a time Polarity Hill If the bad guys don't get you Then the good guys will With angels on the take And gangsters in the yard Hey, don't the war comes easy Don't the peace come hard If I had a way to reach to the sky I'd grab that crescent moon Wield it like a knife Save you from the lies And the ropes that bind you And the role you play And the game that hooks you While the big ones get away Love junkies wanna change the world Well, it quickly stays the same Money junkies wanna hire all the smart ones Power junkies rule the game One step at a time Polarity Hill If the bad guys don't get you Then the good guys will