What Keeps Mankind Alive
Tom Waits
Tom Waits
TOM WAITS
- What Keeps Mankind Alive Lyrics(Weill/Brecht)
You gentlemen who think you have a mission
To purge us of the seven deadly sins
Should first sort out the basic food position
Then start your preaching, that's where it begins
You lot who preach restraint and watch your waist as well
Should learn, for once, the way the world is run
However much you twist or whatever lies that you tell
Food is the first thing, morals follow on
So first make sure that those who are now starving
Get proper helpings when we all start carving
What keeps mankind alive?
What keeps mankind alive?
The fact that millions are daily tortured
Stifled, punished, silenced and oppressed
Mankind can keep alive thanks to its brilliance
In keeping its humanity repressed
And for once you must try not to shriek the facts
Mankind is kept alive by bestial acts
You gentlemen who think you have a mission
To purge us of the seven deadly sins
Should first sort out the basic food position
Then start your preaching, that's where it begins
You lot who preach restraint and watch your waist as well
Should learn, for once, the way the world is run
However much you twist or whatever lies that you tell
Food is the first thing, morals follow on
So first make sure that those who are now starving
What keeps mankind alive?
What keeps mankind alive?
The fact that millions are daily tortured
Stifled, punished, silenced and oppressed
Mankind can keep alive thanks to its brilliance
In keeping its humanity repressed
And for once you must try not to shriek the facts
Mankind is kept alive by bestial acts
Facts about What Keeps Mankind Alive
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What Keeps Mankind Alive is written by Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill.
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It is first released on November 17, 2006 as part of Tom Waits's album "Orphans" which includes 50 tracks in total. This song is the 36th track on this album.
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What Keeps Mankind Alive falls under the genre Rock.
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What Keeps Mankind Alive song length is 2 minutes and 09 seconds.
Who wrote What Keeps Mankind Alive lyrics?
What Keeps Mankind Alive is written by Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill.
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When was What Keeps Mankind Alive released?
It is first released on November 17, 2006 as part of Tom Waits's album "Orphans" which includes 50 tracks in total. This song is the 36th track on this album.
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Which genre is What Keeps Mankind Alive?
What Keeps Mankind Alive falls under the genre Rock.
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How long is the song What Keeps Mankind Alive?
What Keeps Mankind Alive song length is 2 minutes and 09 seconds.
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Songwriter(s): Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill
Record Label(s): 2006 Anti
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