The Bloody Neat
Malvina Reynolds
Chorus:
Don't be so bloody neat
Don't be so bloody clean
Lady Macbeth she washed her hands
But the blood could still be seen
Well you clip and comb your hair
And you wash and brush your mind
But you can't wash out the wrong you do
To all of humankind
(Chorus)
They say we can wade in the water
To wash our sins away
But the blood you shed turns the ocean red
Tho you wash till judgment day
(Chorus)
Well the plowman plows the field
And he's dust from head to toe
But the man at the desk who deals in death
His hands are white as snow
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