Would You Like to Swing by a Rope

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Would you like to swing by a rope

Busted for vagrancy or dope

Or taking potshots at the new pope

Or would you rather be a pig

Mmm would you rather be a pig.

 

1

A pig is an animal without any brains

A fascist so callous and cruel

He just takes orders when he puts us down

While the rich keep ripping off the whole damn town

Don’t you believe that he’s your friend

He’ll only bust you in the end, yeah

He’ll help them make you bend.

 

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Or would you rather swing by a rope

Busted for vagrancy or dope

Or taking potshots at the new pope

Or would you rather be a screw, 00

would you rather be a screw.

 

2

A screw is a parasite who sucks us of blood

As nasty and viscious as the pig

He loves to torture the prisoner’s mind

This prison system is the real crime

They bash and gas them in their cells

Cause suicide from sheer hell Yeah

And tell the public lies as well.

 

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Or would you rather swing by a rope

Busted for vagrancy or dope

Or taking potshots at the new pope

Or would you rather be a rat

Mmm would you rather be a rat.

 

3

A rat is a dirty shit

Who squeals on his friends

And throws in his lot with police state

He sets up, frames up, creates terrors

He’s the state’s own agent provocateur.

Or else they aim to be great stars

In Hollywood or Canberra mmm

And drive around in fancy cars Yeah

And be the first to land in Mars.

 

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Or would you rather swing by a rope

Busted for vagrancy or dope

Or taking potshots at the new pope

Busted for vagrancy or dope

Or would you rather be an ape, I mean guerilla

Or would you rather be an ape, I mean an ape urban guerrilla

Or would you rather be an ape.