Come bastards, come poor boys Come come to my side And I'll give you shelter For the water is wide God bless my disciples They're proud and they're tame I break every promise They die in my name I break every promise They die in my name
I came to this city A victim of peace But I left with your daughter Your wife and your niece I'll take to the hills To live savage and free I don't need nobody Nobody needs me I don't need nobody Nobody needs me
And if I was a poet I'd cut off my hands Scream out my sermon in song Send them to my darlin' Oh she'd understand She'll be in my clutch before long Oh lord She'll be in my clutch before long
When your cellophane lover Returns from the war to tell you That he can't use you no more His heart was shot dead On some long distant shore Extend that you know What the fighting was for Extend that you know What the fighting was for
