Shark Eyes from Known Associates by The Paranoid Style

Checking tonight's calendar to see if there's good rockin'
Looking out behind you for whatever might be stalking
You do the muscle work and I’ll do the talking
Shark Eyes

When the final toll was tallied, when you woke up in an alley
Sometimes you’re on the rise, sometimes you’re in the valley
You swing for the fences, you row for the galley
Shark Eyes

Do you have a preference between spearmint and peppermint?
Do you serve the generals, or do you serve the regiment?
Do you think the coroner was in on it? What do you surmise?

Sometimes you go in peace, sometimes you go to battle
There's people who should know better being led around like cattle
There's people raging mad in the splendor of Shark Eyes

Everything King Midas touched surely turned to gold
He dwelled somewhere beneath contempt somewhere above the fold
Nothing that's worth owning can profitably be sold
Shark Eyes

You think about the old days, you think about the new
The taming of dissent, the taming of the shrew
Chewing bubblegum pop all the way to the October Surprise

Do you have a preference between the rough stuff and the elegant?
Have you seen Marlon Brando played by Chris Elliot?
Did you think the networks were in on it? What do you surmise?

Sometimes you go in peace, sometimes you go to battle
There's people who should know better being led around like cattle
There's people raging mad in the splendor of Shark Eyes

Checking out the forecast to see if there's good weather
Checking out the rope lines to see if there's good tether
You crash into the ring and perhaps you’ll survive
Shark Eyes

Hard to keep your head straight in the midst of all these visions
Hard to keep morale up in these working conditions
I can make the whole world sing, can't make one single decision
Shark Eyes/I can make the whole world sing, can't make one single decision
Shark eyes

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