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I stand here before you
The way life has made me
Ill mannered, foul mouthed
Bad tempered and lazy
I stare at your world
Down the neck of a bottle
Every day is a death ride
When I hold the throttle.
To the drowning I am water
For your calm I am the storm
I'm the fiend who's with your daughter
In bed well before the dawn.
Was I the cat that got the bird?
They'll put the blame on me
Everything was grand in wonderland
Till Charles Manson came to tea.
Each moment's a game
And I must play it to win
And if you cannot bear it
Then you'll just have to grin
All the world is a stage
So I aim to upstage you
("By the pricking of my thumbs")
Kill me off - but like Banquo
I'll come back to plague you
("Something wicked this way comes")
All martyrs seek their cross and nails
The rebels grail his cause
So I'll just sign away my soul
And forget the buy-out clause.
The few who see me through my disguise
Abhore, deplore, hate and despise me
I care not what you perceive
Fall unto your knees
Jack the Ripper went to Sunday school
With his best friends Mack the Knife
And the blue eyed boy
Who lives next door
He's a junkie Jesus Christ.
Do you think I'll be sad
'cus you don't like me
Well I consider it highly unlikely
Spill the milk but I won't cry
My eyes are watertight
Like my alibi.
Yes I'll love you then leave you
For no apparent reason
My names are many
My friends call me "Legion"
The light that casts the shadows
Darker shades of black
That hide the drugged up mugger
Who will stab you in the back.
I'm not the type of angel
Who fell from divine grace
I'm the one who was so bad
He never got there in the first place
The vulture in the wings
As the battle flags unfurl
"Pleased to meet you,
I'm the wickedest man in the world."
I stand here before you  The way life has made me  Ill mannered, foul mouthed  Bad tempered and lazy  I stare at your world  Down the neck of a bottle  Every day is a death ride  When I hold the throttle.  To the drowning I am water  For your calm I am the storm  I'm the fiend who's with your daughter  In bed well before the dawn.  Was I the cat that got the bird?  They'll put the blame on me  Everything was grand in wonderland  Till Charles Manson came to tea.  Each moment's a game  And I must play it to win  And if you cannot bear it  Then you'll just have to grin  All the world is a stage  So I aim to upstage you  ("By the pricking of my thumbs")  Kill me off - but like Banquo  I'll come back to plague you  ("Something wicked this way comes")  All martyrs seek their cross and nails  The rebels grail his cause  So I'll just sign away my soul  And forget the buy-out clause.  The few who see me through my disguise  Abhore, deplore, hate and despise me  I care not what you perceive  Fall unto your knees  Jack the Ripper went to Sunday school  With his best friends Mack the Knife  And the blue eyed boy  Who lives next door  He's a junkie Jesus Christ.  Do you think I'll be sad  'cus you don't like me  Well I consider it highly unlikely  Spill the milk but I won't cry  My eyes are watertight  Like my alibi.  Yes I'll love you then leave you  For no apparent reason  My names are many  My friends call me "Legion"  The light that casts the shadows  Darker shades of black  That hide the drugged up mugger  Who will stab you in the back.  I'm not the type of angel  Who fell from divine grace  I'm the one who was so bad  He never got there in the first place  The vulture in the wings  As the battle flags unfurl  "Pleased to meet you,  I'm the wickedest man in the world."