Earthworm Songtext
von Circle

Life is cheap if you′ve got no cash
You can pay layaway
Let your money be your game
Sure you want to play
Borrow against what you don't have
Pay it down to pay it back
Take a chance to break away
Feel the whip ′cross your back

Feel the whip 'cross your back
Tote that barge and lift that bale
What they cried long ago
Fifty long just to ride that rail
Well, that's just how it goes
Well, that′s just how it goes

Earthworm thrives on the dirt
He is legion with no man′s friend
Bad boys from New Orleans
Bought a small tank and hit the road


Feel the heat, breathe the dust
Track your name at the Pharaoh's Inn
Never know who to trust
Uptown, downtown, know your place
Could be a heavy fine
Make sure no one sees your face
As you sneak across the line

Try to look as though you belong
Don′t look straight in the eyes
Keep your head down and do not smile
Boy, don't you ever cry
Boy, don′t you ever cry

Earthworm thrives on the dirt
Meets a man at the riverbed
Bad boys, they're from East L.A
They just try to make their mark
With the money they make
Hoping they don′t cross a narc
Or a pro on the take


They don't care who they hurt
Or who has to die
If they're ′round, just be alert
Ain′t no reason why
Does the devil guide their sin?
Does he plan from below?
Or is the evil within the man?
Greed and lust make it grow

Make your money on other's pain
Keep the poor people high
When their misery is your gain
Don′t you stop to wonder why

Like a cancer, the sickness grows
Money keeps it alive
How many dead? God only knows
The kids believe the lie
How high will the bodies pile?
How many moms will bury sons?
We turn away all the while
Feeling nothing to be done
Feeling nothing to be done

Earthworm thrives on the dirt
He has no future on the wheel
Bad boys from Birmingham