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Artist/Band: Ry Cooder
Lyrics for Song: Which Came First
Lyrics for Album: Other Songs - Ry Cooder



You may be a hater, you may be a lover

You can bet your life one destroys the other

I don't know how it all began, which came first

The egg or the hen



The moon comes up and the sun goes down

This old world keeps spinning around

Just as sure as the day turns into the night

What you do in the dark will turn up in the light

Masked man ridin' out across the land

Spreading destruction and moving his hand

He carries a ray-gun, shoots from the hip

Got your past in his pocket, your future's in his grip



You may be a hater, you may be a lover

You bet your life one destroys the other

I don't know how it all began, which came first

The egg or the hen



Now, you bet your life without a doubt

Asking a masked man to leat you out

He's got you so tight that you can't even see

That ray-gun is pointed right at you and me



You won't see it coming

You won't feel the blow

You won't get no warning

You won't never know

You can't start it sooner

And fix it up later

And you ain't going to read about it in the newspaper



Rich or poor, mighty and meek

Don't need no ticket, you've all got a seat

High up on the mountain, low down in the alley

We'll all watch the world turn into death valley



You may be a hater, you may be a lover

You can bet your life one destroys the other

I don't know how it all began, which came first

The egg or the hen



Better shake my hand 'cause time is winding up

Shake your neighbor's hand 'cause time is winding up



You may be a hater, you may be a lover

You can bet your life one destroys the other

I don't know how it all began, which came first

The egg or the hen


Album Lyrics: Other Songs - Ry Cooder


Ry Cooder
"Other Songs - Ry Cooder"


1. 3rd Base, Dodger Stadium
2. 634-5789
3. Archie's Funeral (Hold To God's Unchanging Hand)
4. At The Dark End Of The Street
5. Ax Sweet Mama
6. Better Things To Think About
7. Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now)
8. Blue Suede Shoes
9. Boomer's Story
10. Borderline
11. Chloe
12. Cole Younger Polka
13. Crazy 'bout An Automobile (Every Woman I Know)
14. Crow Black Chicken
15. Do You Want My Job
16. Escape From Northfield
17. Fool Who Knows
18. Go Home Girl
19. Good Morning Mr. Railroad Man
20. Gypsy Woman
21. Hold That Snake
22. How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live
23. How Can You Keep On Moving (Unless You Migrate Too)
24. I'm Drinking Again
25. Jesse James
26. Johnny Porter
27. Leaving Missouri
28. Let's Have A Ball
29. Long Ride
30. Low-Commotion
31. Mama, Don't Treat Your Daughter Mean
32. Maria Elena
33. Never Make Your Move Too Soon
34. Old Kentucky Home
35. One Meat Ball
36. President Kennedy
37. Rally Round The Flag
38. Seneca Square Dance
39. Shine
40. Speedo
41. That's The Way Love Turned Out To Be
42. The Girls From Texas
43. The Last Sound (Alamo Bay) [From Alamo Bay]
44. The Way We Make A Broken Heart
45. Which Came First
46. Why Don't You Try Me
47. Wildwood Boys
48. Nobody