See to it that you keep your head;
There is no telling when you'll need it.
You and it are surely wed;
Do not hesitate to feed it.
There is no telling when you'll need it:
In a dingy tavern bar.
Do not hesitate to feed it
Spirits from a nameless jar.
In a dingy tavern bar
Fist-fights rage and bottles break.
Spirits from a nameless jar
Give good men a belly-ache.
Fist-fights rage and bottles break.
Tempests roil in guts betrayed,
Give good men a belly-ache.
Reckoning begins to fade.
Tempests roil in guts betrayed;
A pall of stupor kills the light.
Reckoning begins to fade.
They'll be no walking home tonight.
A pall of stupor kills the light.
The bar man rolls his greasy eyes.
They'll be no walking home tonight
You vaguely, dimly realize.
The bar man rolls his greasy eyes.
The home brew claims another soul.
You vaguely, dimly realize
Your head is in a toilet bowl.
The home brew claims another soul,
But hear the hymn of benediction!
Your head is in a toilet bowl.
A waitress laughs at your affliction.
But hear the hymn of benediction!
The spirits have been exorcised.
A waitress laughs at your affliction
Until you vomit on her thighs.
The spirits have been exorcised.
The waitress thinks she can escape
Until you vomit on her thighs.
Red with rage, she cries out "Rape!"
The waitress thinks she can escape.
No one will answer for their sins.
Red with rage, she cries out "Rape!"
The room about you tilts and spins.
No one will answer for their sins.
There is no fear of Heaven and Hell.
The room about you tilts and spins.
You wake within a prison cell.
There is no fear of Heaven and Hell.
The way of life is not made clear.
You wake within a prison cell.
Digest your newfound wisdom here!
The way of life is not made clear,
So have a care to use your mind.
Digest your newfound wisdom here,
To skew disaster of this kind.
So have a care to use your mind.
You and it are surely wed.
To skew disaster of this kind,
See to it that you keep your head!
George Chadderdon © 1995