An Axe On Our Shoulder
from All Too Human by The Body Politic
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lyrics
Today we take heed of this corpulent man
A whale for a tail and cell phone in hand
He sits and he gorges, and gorges he does
He eats half of the earth because is because
So let's all watch this garbage pile and rot
It will never get better it will definitely not
Chorus:
All the Lorax left here in this mess
Was a small pile of rocks with one word unless, unless
It's simple to figure
To just understand
We carry an axe on our back
And no seedling in hand, dear God
So "Chop!" calls the lumberjack,
"As fast as you can!"
We'll build us ten more condos by nightfall as planned
And under his breath he laughed hard from his chest
"I will rape and pillage this earth, lord I can't rest, no!"
Oh the birds and bees, they're dying
The trees reach up as if they’re crying
As they cut a groaning "SLUPP"
The sound that they make when the last tree is cut
*Chorus*
SLUPP fall the trees
SLUPP fall the trees
SLUPP fall the trees, now you’ve got to believe
SLUPP fall the trees to the muckity muck
And the muckity muck where the trees all fall SLUPP!
Hack, hack, hack
Tack, tack, tack
SLUPP, SLUPP, SLUPP
Muck, muck, muck
SLUPP, SLUPP, SLUPP
Tack, tack, tack
Muck, muck, muck
Hack, hack, hack
Now said the Once-ler Now that you're here
The words of the Lorax seem perfectly clear
"Grow a strong forrest, protect it from axe"
Then the Lorax and his friends may come back
*Chorus*
It's simple to figure
To just understand
We carry an axe on our shoulder
And no seedling in hand
No seedling in hand
A whale for a tail and cell phone in hand
He sits and he gorges, and gorges he does
He eats half of the earth because is because
So let's all watch this garbage pile and rot
It will never get better it will definitely not
Chorus:
All the Lorax left here in this mess
Was a small pile of rocks with one word unless, unless
It's simple to figure
To just understand
We carry an axe on our back
And no seedling in hand, dear God
So "Chop!" calls the lumberjack,
"As fast as you can!"
We'll build us ten more condos by nightfall as planned
And under his breath he laughed hard from his chest
"I will rape and pillage this earth, lord I can't rest, no!"
Oh the birds and bees, they're dying
The trees reach up as if they’re crying
As they cut a groaning "SLUPP"
The sound that they make when the last tree is cut
*Chorus*
SLUPP fall the trees
SLUPP fall the trees
SLUPP fall the trees, now you’ve got to believe
SLUPP fall the trees to the muckity muck
And the muckity muck where the trees all fall SLUPP!
Hack, hack, hack
Tack, tack, tack
SLUPP, SLUPP, SLUPP
Muck, muck, muck
SLUPP, SLUPP, SLUPP
Tack, tack, tack
Muck, muck, muck
Hack, hack, hack
Now said the Once-ler Now that you're here
The words of the Lorax seem perfectly clear
"Grow a strong forrest, protect it from axe"
Then the Lorax and his friends may come back
*Chorus*
It's simple to figure
To just understand
We carry an axe on our shoulder
And no seedling in hand
No seedling in hand
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from All Too Human,
released July 23, 2011
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