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And all the sailors who were junkies
All went sailing out to sea
And the white man sold quaaludes to the monkeys
And they all died high up in the tree

*spasms screaming cries*

And all the teachers who were flunkies
They all taught you and me
And the white man,
I'll be goddamned if they're still selling quaaludes to the monkeys
And they're all you and me dying high up in the tree

* drawn out spasms screaming cries*
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Cover art for To Parter lyrics by Butthole Surfers

Seems to be about destructive exploitation by imperialist capitalist swine, and how the disease just gets passed on to successive generations. The US government gave alcohol and smallpox infested blankets to the Native Americans, and wiped them out so settlers could take their land. Same thing has happened again and again. Now in modern times, WE'RE the ones being sold poison and exploited. Their 1984 performance of this song on the Scott and Gary Show is incredible, on youtube.

Negative
Subjective
Anger
Exploitation
Imperialism
Capitalism
Historical Injustice
Modern Exploitation
Cover art for To Parter lyrics by Butthole Surfers

uh... To parter

and i guess this song could be interpreted many diffrent ways. could be that the white man idk messed with the animals basiclly killed them off the same way we did ourselves. or monkeys could be like slang for someone black or something, idk sounds raciest but thats just another thought considering they use the word white man.

@christopherblazek "The white man" is what the Native Americans called the European settlers and early American colonists and frontiersmen who slowly but surely encroached on & swindled them out of their land, killed their game, leveled their forests, and wiped them out or otherwise banished them to reservations, giving them alcohol with which they poisoned themselves. Some realized what was happening and they did try to fight back, but without Western technology and being organized, they were doomed. The metaphor of the monkeys dying high up in the trees from quaaludes the exploiters gave them is especially strong. Now if...

Cover art for To Parter lyrics by Butthole Surfers

This song is about the decline of society. The sailors are gone, the poor and downtrodden are becoming hooked on drugs. Then, later, the teachers are no good and the "man" is still making things worse. Eventually we'll all end up dead because of all of this.

 
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