Hey now I'm in trouble man It seems I've gone and bit the hand Scold me and I'll tuck my tail 'til you ring the bell Hey you little lamb Try to understand You can eat from my earth and I'll just take that coat off your back You can't hurt me anymore And I'm tired of what for So I'm singing to the gallows Fa la la la Hey now you're a different breed I profile superficially You fit my description stereotypically Hey you're a funny man Dancing for the rain You've been asking for His mercy So why do you kill in His name? And so barred behind the cage there lies a freak And he, she or it is haunted by deceit and confusion For its hundred heads are fighting constantly Hey now I'm in trouble man It seems I've gone and bit the hand Hey now I'm in trouble man Don't drag this out anymore 'Cause you can't hurt me anymore And I'm tired of what for So I'm singing to the gallows Fa la la la