The Hungry Eye Tragedy haunts you, nobody wants you Since you've been tatooed and all There is no pity in country or city Your surrounded by walls Of your own building and your own doing And your own making of hands The foundation you laid ,leads to the grave It was built on the sand The coroner eyes you ,he thinks your the prize who He has hunted from birth I caught him off gaurd, in the back yard Searching out the whole earth I've seen the kings and the great queens Bleeding beside of the road I couldn't bend the wounds wouldn't men I could not help carry the load Of all the treasure they'd mixed together With incense maps and bones From the pillage of the last village Where they'd burnt out all the homes Like a train on a track without looking back Eating up all in there wake Showing no malice ,there hands thick and callused From the things they did take Melted down silver placed in a quiver Mercury , gold and chains Of those left with no sign of breath No one remembers the names A burned out school ,a stagnet pool A skull in a magnetic field Old boots and a garter, a diploma from Harvard An image we cannot rebuild A rose and a thorn , a time to be born A time to die like a man In between, pain and restraint A time to be making your plans You had to rush ,first biting the crust To find it sweeter than pie The ladies all blushed and I know you must Have seen it by the look in your eyes Exotic fans , held in the hands Of lily white maids of the east They may distract you and hide the fact you Missed out on the big feast Once you were in clover, now its all over You've crawled back to reality Refuse the blame ,cast off the shame Throw it back to the sea Full of the fishes and mens wishes Forgotten so long ago Sailed over and under and blasted by thunder Try and conquer the warm waters flow You may be cleansed or get the bends 'til your sicker than sick Mermaids and sharks ,sirens on rocks I don't know all of the tricks Two irons in the fire ,one is a liar No one is loyal to both Its a decision of which division Is most important for growth So study the books and call for the cooks To prepare one more meal And at this setting ,perhaps they'll be letting You stay til you eat your fill copyright  Rob McNurlin Buffalo Skinner Music BMI