Headless Corpse

Headless Corpse

I was in the dark, 

searching the light,

through rubble for gold.

An image in my mind,

invaded the breath of my soul;

a headless dust covered body 

    lying in a cave,

guarding the looted caskets 

    and desecrated graves.

Kill all the leaders,

the guillotine snaps and it's off with their heads.

Use poison and bombs 

on the others till they wish they were dead.

The terror rips apart

    the purpose of your mission.

You just wanna go home.

    Be careful where you go fishing.  

A headless corpse 

floating in the Mekong river in 'nam.

The stripped body of the headless Saul

on the wall of Beth Shan.

And all I wanted to do 

was let you know you were blameless,

but I had to get out of town

before I got too shameless.   

We rise while others fall.

We will soon put an end to this,

and no one will ever know 

who signed the papers.

Never think I had a choice.

Murder wasn't my only vice,

but I had to do what I did, 

We were told that what we did

would make us all safer.

I had to do you in

to make us safer.

Published by Larstein Music, ASCAP

Copyright © 2016 by David Larstein, all rights reserved.

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