Sloth

Uh-huh

Acedia kept his eye, on all things passing by
From that player, to that beggar, to that bum
Making little notes of their weakness and hopes
And adding up his evil little sum

And just along the block
Below the worm, beneath the rock
Was a penthouse owned by acedia himself
He scratched his ass, pulled back the drapes
Looked down the path at all the apes
And thought it's another day to add me some more wealth

Uh-huh

So as he laid back on his bed
The words his father said
They rang true and began to make some final sense
If naive they ride to town
Slip on your dressing gown
It's a chance to make some quarters and some cents

Scrub his shoes, run his bath
Do the work, he do the math
He a king without a queen, without a throne
He ain't regal, he ain't royal

And he's certainly only loyal
To that kingdom called the empire of your own

Uh-huh

The eighth laughed out loud
And could not believe the crowd
Had been suckered by that ancient god called sloth
Everyone of them was green
Just the latest that he'd seen
Either fools or out of schools or maybe both

Finally it was spelt
To all those who bowed and knelt
You had to hand it to them, they were the greats
You got 6, you got 7
You got hell and you got heaven
And further on down the line you got the eighth

Further on, down that line
You will accompany me to the eighth
Further on, down that line
You will accompany me to the eighth