Well I'm grinding my life out
Steady and sure
Nothing more wretched than
What I must endure
I'm drenched in the light
That shines from the sun
I could stone you to death
For the wrongs that you done
Sooner or later you make a mistake
I'll put you in a chain
That you never will break
Legs and arms and body and bone
I pay in blood but not my own
Night after night day after day
They strip your useless hopes away
The more I take the more I give
The more I die the more I live
I got something in my pocket
Make your eyeballs swim
I got dogs could
Tear you limb from limb
I'm circlin around the southern zone
I pay in blood but not my own
Low cards are what I've got
But I'll play this hand
Whether I like it or not
I'm sworn to
Uphold the laws of god
You could put me out
In front of a firing squad
I've been out and
Around with the rowdy men
Just like you my handsome friend
My heads so hard
Must be made of stone
I pay in blood but not my own
Another politician pumpin' out the piss
Another angry beggar
blowing' you a kiss
You got the same eyes
That your mother does
If only you could prove
Who your father was
Someone must've slipped
A drug in your wine
You gulped it down
And you crossed the line
Man can't live by bread alone
I pay in blood
But not my own
How I made it back home
Nobody knows
Or how I survived so many blows
I've been thru hell
What good did it do
You bastard
I'm suppose to respect you
I'll give you justice
I'll fatten your purse
Show me your moral virtues
Hear me holler and hear me moan
I pay in blood but not my own
You pet your lover in the bed
Come here
I'll break your lousy head
Our nation must be saved and freed
You've been accused of murder
How do you plead
This is how I spend my days
I came to bury not to praise
I'll drink my fill and sleep alone
I play in blood but not my own