Bones Of Contention Lyrics - Walkabouts

Well the fires are tended 

And my blood it just boils 

(Hey there pass your hat) 

And the fruits of hard labor 

Have been drowned in snake oil 

(Hey there pass your hat) 

The dead are thin 

Their houses fat 

Once you steal you can't give back 

From the scaffold greed explodes 

Down to nothing 

Down where nothing brings you down 

Well we've all been to heaven 

And we've all been to hell 

(Hey there pass your hat) 

And the door-to-door salesmen there 

Have nothing left to sell 

(Hey there pass your hat) 

And the poison you choose 

Is the source of my confusion 

And I spend all my time 

Trying to figure what you're using 

Well the bones of contention 

Are at the top of your stairs 

(Hey there pass your hat) 

And they'll shake and they'll rattle 

'Til somebody cares 

(Hey there pass your hat) 

The dead are thin 

Their houses fat 

Once you steal you can't give back 

From the scaffold greed explodes 

Down to nothing 

Down where nothing brings you down 

And the poison you choose 

Is the source of my confusion 

And I spend all my time 

Trying to figure what you're using 

Please pass your hat X5 

Won't you pass your hat