Starving in the Belly of a Whale

Life is whittled

Life's a riddle

Man's a fiddle that life plays on

When the day breaks

And the earth quakes

Life's a mistake all day long



You, tell me, who gives a good gooddamn

You'll never get out alive

Don't go dreaming

Don't go scheming

A man must test his mettle

In a crooked old world



Starving in the belly

Starving in the belly

Starving in the belly of a whale

'Fore you're Starving in the belly

Starving in the belly

Starving in the belly of a whale



Don't take my word

Just look skyward

They that dance must pay the fiddler

Sky is darkening

Dogs are barking

But the caravan moves on



You, tell me, who gives a good gooddamn

You'll never get get out alive

Don't go dreaming

Don't go scheming

A man must test his mettle

In crooked old world



Starving in the belly

Starving in the belly

Starving in the belly of a whale

Oh, you're starving in the belly

Starving in the belly

Starving in the belly of a whale



As the crow flies

It's there the truth lies

At the bottom of the well

E-o-leven goes to heaven

Bless the dead here as the rain falls



Don't trust a bull's horn

A doberman's tooth

A runaway horse or me

Don't be greedy, don't be needy

If you live in hope

You're dancing to a terrible tune



Starving in the belly

Starving in the belly

Starving in the belly of a whale

Oh, starving in the belly

Starving in the belly

Starving in the belly of a whale