An adder wrapped it's neck around me An adder wrapped it's neck around me The serpent in it's posture is draining life from me An adder wrapped it's neck around me There's water at the bottom pf the sea There's water at the bottom of the sea Beneath the plastic islands and white chemical stream There's water at the bottom of the sea I asked for water and they gave me gasoline I asked for a drink and they gave me turpentine They put the spike into the world and turn their money green I asked for water and they gave me gasoline If I a were a bird a bull would step on me He'd twist my nose and break up all my wings The only thing left over would be the little song I sing If I were a bird a bull would step on me If I a were a bull a butcher I would see Like an animal that's carved before he's free And if I were a butcher my apron would be clean If I were a bull a butcher I would see An adder wrapped it's neck around me So that I will see that bad things that he sees And when I'm too much like him That's when he will eat me An adder wrapped it's neck around me