Roger Waters

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Don't be afraid, it's only business the alien
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prophet sighed. The vulture and the magpie took
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the cashbox from its hook, the monkey in the corner
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wrote the figures in his book.
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Crazed, the checkout's lady fingers flash across the till,
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and the captain posts the menu of the day and in banks across
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the world, Christian, Moslem, Hindu, Jew and every other race,
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creed, color, tint or hue get down on their knees and pray.
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The racoon and the groundhog neatly
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make up bags of change but the monkey in the corner,
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well, he's slowly drifting out of range
'solo forthcoming'
'Christ, it's ^C# freezing inside,' the veteran cri ^C#/D# es
The hye ^D/A nas break cover and st ^A ream through the meadow
And the f ^C# og rolls in through his bottle of gi ^C#/D# n
So he ^D/A picks up a stone that looks like a ^A bone
And the ^D bullets fly and the rivers run dry
And the ^D/C# fat girls sigh and the network anchor ^D/C persons lie ^C
And the ^Bsus4 soldier's alone in the video zone
But the ^B monkey's not watching
He's slipped out to the kitchen to pile the dishes
And answer the phone ^Em