《What Keeps Mankind Alive》是Tom Waits演唱的歌曲,由Kurt Weill、Bertolt Brecht作詞,收錄於《Orphans》專輯中。
基本介紹
- 外文名:What Keeps Mankind Alive
- 所屬專輯:Orphans
- 歌曲原唱:Tom Waits
- 譜曲:Kurt Weill、Bertolt Brecht
歌曲歌詞
You gentlemen who think you have a mission
To purge us of the seven deadly sins
Should first sort out the basic food position
Then start your preaching
That's where it begins
You lot who preach restraint
And watch your waist as well
Should learn for once
The way the world is run
However much you twist
Or whatever lies that you tell
Food is the first thing morals follow on
So first make sure that those who are now starving
Get proper helpings when we all start carving
What keeps mankind alive
What keeps mankind alive
The fact that millions are daily tortured
Stifled punished silenced and oppressed
Mankind can keep alive thanks to it's brilliance
In keeping it's humanity repressed
And for once you must try not to shriek the facts
Mankind is kept alive by bestial acts