April Wine

Blood Money

April Wine


No one can say, that crime doesn't pay, that never is true 
It's supply and demand, with blood on your hands, nighmares come
true 
It's in all the headlines, you're the worst of a kind, a
sinister breed 
Such a contemptable way, to have your own say, you're poisoned
with greed 

I said oh no (no no no no), you're completely insane 
I said oh no (no no no no no), you'd take a life for material
gain 
Blood money, you got blood on your hands 
Blood money, but still you make your demands 
Blood money, you can't get any colder 
Blood money, but still you're thinkin' it over 

You don't have to be smart, it don't take any heart, least of
all, shame 
Some turret stunt, open in the front, your motive is plain 
And for those that contend, with the choice to condemn, I know
that you care 
For those left alone, when it's time to go home, and nobody's
there 

I said oh no (no no no no), you're completely insane 
I said oh no (no no no no no), you'd take a life for material
gain 
Blood money, you got blood on your hands 
Blood money, but still you make your demands 
Blood money, you can't get any colder 
Blood money, but still you're thinkin' it over 

When you're out on the street, and you got nothin' to eat, it's
easy to see 
That you do what you can, still I don't understand, how wrong
you can be 
Though it's all very clear, that you bargain with fear, there's
no justice at all 
It's easy for some, they say the bigger they come, the harder
they fall 

I said oh no (no no no no), you're completely insane 
I said oh no (no no no no), you'd take a life for material gain 
Blood money, you got blood on your hands 
Blood money, but still you make your demands 
Blood money, you can't get any colder 
Blood money, but still you're thinkin' it over