"The Original Wrapper"


	I was sittin' home on the West End
	watchin' cable TV with a female friend
	We were watchin' the news, the world's in a mess
	the poor and the hungry, a world in distress
	Herpes, AIDS, the Middle East at full throttle
	better check that sausage, before you put it in the waffle
	And while you're at it - check what's in the batter
	make sure that candy's in the Original Wrapper

	Hey, pitcher, better check that batter
	make sure that candy's in the Original Wrapper

	Reagan says abortion's murder
	while he's looking at Cardinal O'Connor
	Look at Jerry Falwell Louis Farrakhan
	both talk religion and the brotherhood of man
	They both sound like they belong in Teheran
	watch out, they're goin' full throttle
	Better check that sausage, before you stick it in the waffle
	and while you're at it better check, what's in the batter
	make sure that candy's in the Original Wrapper

	Hey, pitcher, better check that batter
	make sure that candy's in the Original Wrapper

	White against white, Black against Jew
	it seems like it's 1942
	The baby sits in front of MTV
	watching violent fantasies
	While Dad guzzles beer with his favorite sport
	only to find his heroes are all coked up
	It's classic, original, the same old story
	the politics of hate in a new surrounding
	Hate if it's good and hate if it's bad
	and if this all don't make you mad
	I'll keep yours and I'll keep mine
	nothing sacred and nothing divine
	Father, bless me, we're at full throttle
	better check that sausage, before you put it in the waffle
	And while you're at it better check that batter
	make sure the candy's in the Original Wrapper

	Hey, pitcher, better check that batter
	make sure that candy's in the Original Wrapper, hey, hey

	I was born in the United States
	I grew up hard but I grew up straight
	I saw a lack of morals and a lack of concern
	a feeling that there's nowhere to turn
	Yippies, Hippies and upwardly mobile Yuppies
	don't  treat me like I'm some dumb lackey
	'Cause the murderer lives while the victims die
	I'd much rather see it an eye for an eye
	A heart for a heart, a brain for a brain
	and if this all makes you feel a little insane
	Kick up your heels, turn the music up loud
	pick up your guitar and look out at the crowd
	And say, "Don't mean to come on sanctimonious
	but life's got me nervous and little pugnacious
	Lugubrious so I give a salutation
	and rock on out to beat really stupid
	Ohh poop ah doo and how do you do
	hip hop gonna bop till I drop."
	Watch out world, comin' at you full throttle
	better check that sausage, before you put it in the waffle
	And while you're at it better check that batter
	make sure the candy's in the Original Wrapper

	Hey, hey, pitcher, better check that batter
	make sure the candy's in the Original Wrapper
	Hey, pitcher, better check that batter
	make sure the candy's in the Original Wrapper, hey, hey, hey



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	{E}{E}{E}{E}	(I was sittin' home on the West End ...)
	{E}{E}{E}{E}	(Herpes, AIDS, the Middle East at full ...)

	{E}{E}		(Hey, pitcher, better check that batter ...)

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guitar	{E}{E}{E}{E}

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///// transcribed by Shirou Kouchi (wildside@mtci.or.jp) ////////////
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