Blood, Sweat & Tears - 40,000 Headmen

40,000 Headmen

Forty thousand headmen
Couldn't make me change my mind,
If I had to make the choice
Between the deaf men and the blind,
I know just where my feet should go
And that's enough for me,
I turned around and knocked them down
And walked across the sea.

Handn't travelled very far,
Then suddenly I saw -
Tree small ships a-sailing off
Towards a distant shore.
Lighting up a cigarette,
I followed in pursuit
And found a secret cave where they
Obviously stashed their loot.

Filling up my pockets
Even stuffed it up my nose,
I must have weighted a hundred pounds
Between my head and toes.
I ventured forth before the dawn,
Had time to change its mind
And sailing high above the clouds,
I found a golden shrine.

Laying down my treasures
Before the iron gate,
Quickly rang the bell
Hoping I hadn't come too late.
Someone came along
And told me not to waste my time,
And when I asked him, who he was
He said 'just look behind'

So I turned around,
And forty thousand headmen hit the dirt
Firing twenty shotguns each
And, man, it really hurt,
But luckily for me
They had to stop and then reload
And by the time they'd done
I was heading down the road.