I got a hand
So I got a fist
So I got a plan
It's the best that I can do
Now we'll say it is in God's hands
But God doesn't always have the best goddamn plans, does he?

I ain't quite the beauty
Who holds up two guns and shoots at the pretty, pretty view, I
Gotta keep thinking, things of hunters and kings
To block out the view, I gotta get
A new bell to ring
A new song to sing
A steady hand to ring
A readiness of things, a new
Plan to bring to the people
People, I can trick 'em into thinking anything, 'cause you know
For us it's just right in the light
It's gold, it's gold
And you know

I got water and holes in my hands
I'm a digger of holes in a land of holes
And you know
It's the easiest way
And you know
It's the easiest way
And you know
It's the easiest way
And you know
It's the easiest way, hey
So I go

La la la la la la

La la la la la la

La la la la la la
I got water and I got holes, oh
La la la la la la
Sons and daughters of hungry ghosts, oh
La la la la la la
I got water and I got holes, oh
La la la la la la
Sons and daughters of hungry ghosts, of ghosts, so
La la la la la la
I got water and I got holes, oh
La la la la la la
Uh, sons and daughters of hungry ghosts, of ghosts, so

(La la la la la la)
I got a hand
So I got a fist
So I got a plan
It's the best I can do
Say it is in God's hands (La la la la la la)
But God doesn't always have the best goddamn plans, does he? Sing
La la la la la la
I can't believe in the guns
I can't believe in the view
Ah sing, sing, sing
La la la la la la
I can't believe in those hunter and kings
You sing
La la la la la la
I got a new plan to bring
I got a new song to sing, it goes
La la la la la la
I got a new plan to bring, and you know

And you know
It's the easiest way (La la la la la la)
And you know
It's the easiest way (La la la la la la)
And you know
It's the easiest way (La la la la la la)
And you know
It's the easiest way, hey (La la la la la la)

So I go


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    I like the god doesnt always have the best goddam plans line, its very modest mouse-esque, as is alot of their stuff.

    moofapoofaon April 21, 2007   Link

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