Mansion on the Hill Songtext
von Yohannans

We′re sitting in the cabin, during lunch time
Every single one of us, it was pouring outside
Ali was on diet, bubba the oat meal man
Rat ate his meal out of the frying pan

Ali finished his box and begun reading the news
There was another killing in the gang bang feud
"God damn", he said, "when its gonna stop,
Why can't they get them, why aren′t they locked up?"

Bubba sighed and said, without looking at him
"Everybody's talking about it, so i guess they're trying"
"Not trying hard enough", Ali responded, "apparently"
Bubba just shook his head and finished his meal

Ali continued, now even more agitated
"We′ve got to get rid of them, before it′s really too late,
And stop more from coming, polluting our land,
And close the boarders, while we still can"


Bubba interrupted him, said "A criminal is a criminal,
And every one of them should be doing time in jail,
But they're a minority, and comes in all colors,
Am I to blame for the crimes of my brothers?"

"I′m not talking about you, Bubba", Ali said, "you're alright,
I′m talking about them others" Bubba said "Yea right"
No one said anything further, it was still pouring
Lunch break was up, but nobody was going

Ch:
In the mansion on the hill
The patron lives there still
Like his forefathers before him
In the mansion up on the hill
In the cabin down below
There's split and civil war
Everybody′s at each others throats
In the cabin down the valley below

The rain kept falling, there was no end in sight
Bubba put his legs up, and moved his hat down over his eyes
Rat lit a cigarette, leaned back in his chair
Ali didn't like it, Rat didn't care


"Maybe we should go," said Ali, "we can′t be in here all day"
He looked around, nobody looked at him, Rat said "No way"
"But the boss might come," Ali said and walked to the door
Rat snorted, Bubba laughed, no one followed

Ali looked around, still nobody was looking at him
Then he walked back, sat down and mumbling something
Rat said "Now we′ve got that over with, let's get serious,
Sometimes I think that you think you are the boss,

What′s with that?" Ali answered "That's responsibility"
Rat was waiting for something more, Ali noticed and said "And duty"
Rat was still waiting for more, but nothing more came
Rat glared at him, Ali looked away

"Responsibility and duty", Rat said, "no, I still don′t understand,
'Cos to me you look like the rest of us, just another working man"
"But I′ve got ambition," Ali said, "I want to be something more"
"And it begins with acting stand in foreman?" Rat roared

"Say what you like," said Ali, Rat said "and I do,
You're really just ass kissing," Ali objected to that too
Rat chuckled and said "Fuck you", Ali didn't say a thing
The cabin was shaking, water was dripping from the ceiling

Ch:

The rain kept falling, no boss showed up
Everybody stayed in the cabin, Ali was nervous
Bubba had gone to sleep, talked and snored
Rat smoked cigarettes, restless and bored

Suddenly Rat grinned, "Ali," he said, "Ali, comrade"
"The other week they wouldn′t give me full pay,
They say I left early one day, but what I would like to know,
There were no bosses around, so who told them so?"

"I told you before you left" Ali said, "the very same day,
We get paid to work, no work, no pay"
"So it was you who ratted me out," Rat said, "was it?"
"When you say it like that," Ali said, "you sound like a convict"

"Never mind, never mind" Rat said and shrugged
"You owe me some money, you can pay me in drugs"
"I owe you nothing," Ali said, "it′s your own fault"
"But it wouldn't have happened," Rat said, "if you hadn′t talked"

"So?" said Rat, Ali just said "No"
Rat took the frying pan and hit Ali to the floor
"No" he said, "no?" as he sat down on him and kept hitting
Until' the boss walked in and called the cops to stop him

Ali, more dead than alive, was taken to hospital
Cops arrested Rat and put him in handcuffs
As they took him away, all bloody and dirty
He smiled and looked at us, saying: "Totally worth it"