Dog Eat Dog - Joni Mitchell

DOG EAT DOG

It’s dog eat dog--I'm just waking up The dove is in the dungeon

And the white-washed hawks pedal hate and call it love

Dog Eat Dog

Holy hope in the hands of Snakebite evangelists and racketeers

And big wig financiers

DOG EAT DOG

On prime time crime the victim begs

Money is the road to justice

And power walks it on crooked legs

Prime--Time--Crime

Holy hope in the hands of Snakebite evangelists and racketeers

And big wig financiers

Where the wealth’s displayed

Thieves and sycophants parade

And where it’s made--

the slaves will be taken

Some are treated well

In these games of buy and sell

And some like poor beast

Are burdened down to breaking

DOG EAT DOG

It’s dog eat dog, ain’t it Flim Flam man

Dog eat dog, you can lie, cheat, skim, scam

Beat’em any way you can

Dog eat Dog

You’ll do well in this land of Snakebite evangelists and racketeers

You could get to be

A big wig financier

Land of snap decisions

Land of short attention spans

Nothing is savored

Long enough to really understand

In every culture in decline

The watchful ones among the slaves

Know all that is genuine will be Scorned and conned and cast away

Dog eat dog

People looking, seeing nothing

Dog eat dog

People listening, hearing nothing

Dog eat dog

People lusting, loving nothing

Dog eat dog

People stroking, touching nothing

Dog eat dog

Knowing nothing

Dog eat dog

1985 Crazy Crow Music BMI