Sharpening Axes Lyrics by Graham Parker

Sharpening Axes Lyrics

    pre>intro b b b b b b c b (then) a a a a a a b a
    (0ver) em dm7 (twice)

    Em dm7
    I'm not selling molasses i'm not pushing tea
    Em dm7
    I don't appeal to the masses and they don't appeal to me
    Em dm7
    I'm not peddling fiction i'm not packaging youth
    Em dm7
    I've got a predilection for the truth

    Bridge #1
    Am dm
    I can't stand it any longer i can't suffer any more fools
    Am dm
    I'm gonna keep on sharpening axes till i've got the sharpest tools
    C gm
    I can't access information comin' down the mainframe
    C gm bm a bm a
    Those puerile incantations in couplets or quatrains

    Watch it all run amok now watch those idiots score
    Till you can't remember that they're idiots any more
    Watch that stain increasing spreading out across the earth
    Till you can't remember what anything is worth

    Bridge #2
    I can't stand it any longer i can't listen to any more words
    I'm gonna keep on sharpening axes till they cut right through this dirt
    I can't access information comin down the satellite beam
    All i hear is psycho babble and i don't know what it means

    Instrumental section, then
    Bridge #1 (1st half)
    Verse #2 (1st half)
    Bridge #2 (2nd half)

    Bm a
    Sharpening axes (3 times) /pre>

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