Dog Eat Dog Lyrics - Singles - Mitchell Joni

DOG EAT DOG 

It's dog eat dog--I'm just waking up 

The dove is in the dungeon 

And the white-washed hawks pedal hate and call it love 

Dog Eat Dog 

Holy hope in the hands of 

Snakebite evangelists and racketeers 

And big wig financiers 

DOG EAT DOG 

On prime time crime the victim begs 

Money is the road to justice 

And power walks it on crooked legs 

Prime--Time--Crime 

Holy hope in the hands of 

Snakebite evangelists and racketeers 

And big wig financiers 

Where the wealth's displayed 

Thieves and sycophants parade 

And where it's made-- 

the slaves will be taken 

Some are treated well 

In these games of buy and sell 

And some like poor beast 

Are burdened down to breaking 

DOG EAT DOG 

It's dog eat dog, ain't it Flim Flam man 

Dog eat dog, you can lie, cheat, skim, scam 

Beat'em any way you can 

Dog eat Dog 

You'll do well in this land of 

Snakebite evangelists and racketeers 

You could get to be 

A big wig financier 

Land of snap decisions 

Land of short attention spans 

Nothing is savored 

Long enough to really understand 

In every culture in decline 

The watchful ones among the slaves 

Know all that is genuine will be 

Scorned and conned and cast away 

Dog eat dog 

People looking, seeing nothing 

Dog eat dog 

People listening, hearing nothing 

Dog eat dog 

People lusting, loving nothing 

Dog eat dog 

People stroking, touching nothing 

Dog eat dog 

Knowing nothing 

Dog eat dog 

1985 Crazy Crow Music BMI