Petting The Cat

now we've been pretty patient,
wouldn't you say so, too,
while the eyes of the world were watching you,
over and over, repeating them lies,
one at a time,

and cutting all corners,
man you do sedation well,
you keep invoking heaven and then keep imposing hell,
white wizard, that is what you are,
sending your children to war,

now i don't know what we should do with this
once it's over,
and i don't know what we should do with this
once we're clean,
and i don't know what we should do with this
once it's over,

now you've been working hard,
wouldn't you say,
to help your friends in need with their money and their greed,
such a shame that you couldn't do more,
now all that's left to do is ducking bullets by the door,
it's been a strange ride most of the time,
things you had no clue about were put on your line,
and laura's smiles wouldn't do you no good,
like a puppet on a string, so misunderstood,

now i don't know what we should do with this
once it's over,
and i don't know what we should do with this
once we're clean,
and i don't know what we should do with this
once it's over,

camelot, put all your money on me,
i'm hard like i'm seventeen,
i come a lot, but i don't want to be,
stuck down on my knees,

now i don't know what we should do with this
once it's over,
and i don't know what we should do with this
once we're clean,
and i don't know what we should do with this
once it's over