Earthworm - Circle

Life is cheap if you got no cash

You can pay lay away

Let that 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

Tote that barge and lift that bail

What they cried long ago

Fifty large to ride that rail

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, breath the dust

Scratch your name at the barrel’s end

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

Earthworm thrives on the dirt

Meets a man at the riverbed

Bad boys, they’re from East L. A

Players strive to make their mark

With the money they make

Hoping they don’t cross a narc

Or a foe 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 off other’s pain

Keep the poor people high

When their misery is your gain

Don’t you stop 'n' wonder why

Like a cancer the sickness grows

Money keeps it alive

How many dead?

God only knows

And 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

Earthworm thrives on the dirt

He has no future on the wheel

Bad boys from Birmingham