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Measure of a Man

from The Human Conditional by Bill White

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lyrics

B flat m - E flat m - B – A - A flat m
E flat m - B flat m - B - A A flat m

He turned away from the tree
to feast upon the flesh of beasts
Thrown down from the outer clouds
into the gristle

chorus
What is the measure of a man
Is he a soft machine for eating beasts
Or is he a dainty meal for the beasts
What is the measure of a man

Drinking from a cemetary sewer
why wont you let the dead rest in peace
Intelligent people are fewer and fewer
but there are more and more police

repeat chorus

Children fall from fairground rides
orangatangs wear human hides
women dress in bloody rags
of skin and fins and fur

repeat chorus

your gunny filled with human skulls
you creepers of the night
youll find your inner darkness
with a lantern of artificial light

repear chorus

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from The Human Conditional, track released February 6, 2018
written and performed by Bill White

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