DOG EAT DOG
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It's dog eat dog-I'm just waking up
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The dove is in the dungeon
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And the white-washed hawks pedal hate and call it love
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Dog Eat Dog
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Holy hope in the hands of
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Snakebite evangelists and racketeers
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And big wig financiers
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DOG EAT DOG
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On prime time crime the victim begs
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Money is the road to justice
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And power walks it on crooked legs
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Prime-Time-Crime
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Holy hope in the hands of
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Snakebite evangelists and racketeers
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And big wig financiers
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Where the wealth's displayed
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Thieves and sycophants parade
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And where it's made-
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the slaves will be taken
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Some are treated well
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In these games of buy and sell
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And some like poor beast
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Are burdened down to breaking
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DOG EAT DOG
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It's dog eat dog, ain't it Flim Flam man
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Dog eat dog, you can lie, cheat, skim, scam
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Beat'em any way you can
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Dog eat Dog
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You'll do well in this land of
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Snakebite evangelists and racketeers
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You could get to be
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A big wig financier
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Land of snap decisions
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Land of short attention spans
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Nothing is savored
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Long enough to really understand
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In every culture in decline
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The watchful ones among the slaves
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Know all that is genuine will be
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Scorned and conned and cast away
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Dog eat dog
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People looking, seeing nothing
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Dog eat dog
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People listening, hearing nothing
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Dog eat dog
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People lusting, loving nothing
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Dog eat dog
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People stroking, touching nothing
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Dog eat dog
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Knowing nothing
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Dog eat dog
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Dog Eat Dog
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Joni Mitchell |