Текст песни Stan Ridgway - Pick it up (and put it in your pocket)
Stan Ridgway - Pick it up (and put it in your pocket) слова песни
A signal swings and the lights turn offAnd a missing man begins to coughAnd no one knows the lost ones from the foundAnd lady luck, well, she can`t explainTo a hardened coin or a bill, the gameIt seems everything changes hands when it hits the groundThey said it`s dog eat dog, cat eat mouseAnd mouse eat cheese and the cheese just smellsThe warning systems ring but help won`t come.And all the calling cards and the walking sticksand the hidden punches and the coward`s kicksSay we got a big mouthful nowChorus:Pick it up and put it in your pocketor somebody else willPick it up and put it in your pocketor somebody else just willrepeat as necessaryNow the world`s a road and for miles aroundOn every inch of unclaimed ground, hide rewards for some but all the restSpin a creepy wheel or they trip the stairWhile the new school boys just can`t play fairIn a place that leaves its money in its messChorus repeat Now an old man with a paper bagAnd a list so long on a dirty ragChecks each item that he will throw or keepBut he`ll never thank the coin that`s bentOr a greenback bill that a stranger sentBut he`ll pick `em just the sameAnd then he`ll thank the streetHe turns and says it`s dog eat dogAnd cat eat mouseAnd mouse eat cheeseAnd the cheese just smellsNow I don`t wanna seem to sayThat the time ahead won`t be okayBut the scale is loaded downWith the weight of sixteen tonsAnd the ones that haveTell the ones that don`tTo tell the ones that can`tAbout the ones who won`tAnd there`s no place left here`Round to runChorus repeat endlessly