Steelworker Lyrics

"Steelworker" by Big Black
from the album "Lungs"

The only good policeman is a dead one
The only good laws aren't enforced
I've never hung a ... not even a ... one
And I've never seen an Indian on a horse
And I live like this cuz I like it
I've seen too much to pretend
You can't ignore the beauty of the things that you love
Like you can't stand the hatred and the lie

Have you always hunted with your hands?
Can you show me what you've done?
Have you always hunted with your hands?
If you catch it, can you kill it?

You don't understand, see you don't understand
See I'm like a murderer, see I'm like a murderer
And I could rip you limb from limb, and I could rip you limb from limb
Great big thing crawling all over me, great big thing crawling all
      over me

See I'm like a murderer, I kill what I eat
See I'm like a, I'm a hunter-gatherer, see, I, I kill what I eat
See I'm, I'm a steelworker, I kill what I eat
See I'm, I'm a bricklayer, I kill what I eat
See I'm a, I'm a murderer, I kill what I eat
See I'm a, I'm a hunter-gatherer, I kill what I eat
See I'm a, I'm a steelworker, I kill what I eat
See I'm a, I'm a bricklayer, I kill what I eat
Great big thing crawling all over me, great big thing crawling all
      over me, great big thing crawling all

Have you always hunted with your hands?
Can you show me what you've done?
Have you always hunted with your hands?
If you catch it, can you kill it?

And I live like this cuz I like it
I've seen too much to pretend
You can't ignore the beauty of the things that you love
Like you can't stand the hatred and the lies

See, see I'm a murderer, I, I kill what I eat
See, I'm a, I'm a bricklayer, I, I kill what I eat
See I'm a steelworker, I kill what I eat.
Great big thing crawling all over me, great big thing crawling all
      over me, great big thing crawling all