everyone who sees it puts their face in the ground and when nobody s watchin they can tear it all down friend or foe cause i can be either one but if they come at me then they better all run the wood s all soakin so the fire won t burn now i d keep talkin but you never learn the cut s too deep so the wound won t heal you won t keep nothing you don t keep nothing by keepin it real long tooth time is marchin on as i sing just cut me down the middle and count my rings you can t keep nothin best to leave it alone you die naked and they burn up your bones what s the point in wishin there was somewhere to go if when you get there you can t let anyone know when my time comes i won t be leaving this earth and what i ve done for people will determine my worth you can t build nothin if you haven t got trust you re standin on steel and slowly watchin it rust there s no use fightin no one s gettin along you can t just add sugar if the coffee s too strong you dig a foundation put it deep in the ground then water and wind ll come and blow it all down tie it all together so that you make it float then drop a piece of dynamite in to the boat they say we d have wings if god had meant us to fly he never gave us gills are we supposed to stay dry if he had a hand in the original code he hasn t paid attention since he made it explode