Can't Win (Live)

I started to cry

They put gin in my cup

I started to crawl

And they swaddled me up

I got up and run

They said

Easy

Son

Play up

Play the game

They told me to think and forget what I'd heard

They told me to lie and they questioned my word

They told me to fail

Better sink than sail

Just play the game

Oh

Towers will tumble and locusts will visit the land

Oh

A curse on your house and your children and a fruit of your hand

They said

You can't win

You can't win

You sweat blood

You give in

You can't win

You can't win

Turn the cheek

Take it on the chin

And don't you dare do this

Don't you dare do that

We shoot down dreams

We stiletto in the back

Oh the nerve of some people

The nerve of some people

The nerve of some people

I don't know who you think you are

Who you think you are

Oh

What kind of mother would hamstring her sons

Throw sand in their eyes and put ice on their tongues

Ah

Better to leave than stay here and grieve

And play the game

Don't waken the dead as you sleepwalk around

If you have a dream

Brother

Hush

Not a sound

Just stand there and rust

Die if you must

But play the game

Oh

If we can't have it

Why should a wretch like you

Oh

It was drilled in our heads

Now we drill it into your head too

They said

You can't win

You can't win

You sweat blood

You give in

You can't win

You can't win

Turn the cheek

Take it on the chin

Don't you dare do this

Don't you dare do that

We shoot down dreams

We stiletto in the back

Oh

The nerve of some people

The nerve of some people

The nerve of some people

I don't know who you think you are

The nerve of some people

The nerve of some people

The nerve of some people

The nerve of some people

The nerve of some people

The nerve of some people