Oh, he said,
God, listen to me
Keep your hands off the apple tree
Even
Adam wondered why,
made some cider and gave it a try
God came back and he made a row,
go and toil by the sweat if you row
The snake said, the hell with the daily bread,
he showed them how to do the latest dance instead
And it's the old dance,
that's a crooked dance too
Step outside the law,
play the tune on your dandle fiddle
It'll burn you up like straw
God rode up in a big black car
Took a drag on a fat cigar
Break the law and you pay the price
Out you go from paradise
He stuck a sign on every tree
This is private property
The snake's dead, property is dead
Never mind, there's always one thing left
And that's the old dance,
as the crooked dance do
Step outside the law, play the tune
On your damned old fiddle,
it'll burn you up like straw
Oh, oh, it's the old dance
And the crooky dance too
Such a crooky dance to
step outside the law
Play the tune on your damned old fiddle
It'll burn you up, burn you up like straw
God sends thunder,
God sends hail,
chills and spills and bills in the mail
Plagues on the sly and the innocent,
frogs and boils and the government
Take your partners in this fight,
try to dance away tonight
With your hands all round,
what'll you do when the sky falls down?
The old man has a crooked dance move,
Step outside the law,
Play the tune on your damned old fiddle,
It'll burn you up like stone
.
Oh, do the old man and the
crooked dance do
Step outside and all play the tune
Walk you down the old middle,
it'll burn you up
It'll burn you up
It'll burn you up
It'll burn you up
It'll burn you up
Burn you up
It'll burn you up
Burn you up
It'll burn you up
Burn you up
It'll burn you up like stone