Don Henley

Building the Perfect Beast

Don Henley


The power of reason, the top of the heap 
We're the ones who can kill the things we 
don't eat 
Sharper than a serpent's tongue 
Tighter than a bongo drum 
Quicker than a one-night stand 
Slicker than a mambo band 
And now the day is come 
Soon he will be released 
Glory hallelujah! 
We're building the Perfect Beast 
(building, building, etc..) 
It's Olympus this time- Olympus or bust 
For we have met the enemy -and he is us 
And now the day is come 
Soon he will be released 
Glory hallelujah! 
We're building the Perfect Beast 
(Building, Building) 
Ever since we crawled out of the ocean 
and stood upright on the land 
There are some things that we just don't 
understand: 
Relieve all pain and suffering 
and lift us out of the dark 
Turn us all into Methuselah- 
But where are we gonna park? 
(Building, Building) 
The secrets of eternity- 
We've found the lock and turned the key 
We're shakin' up those building blocks 
Going deeper into that box- (Pandora 
wouldn't like it) 
And now the day is come 
Soon he will be released 
Glory hallelujah! 
We're building the Perfect Beast 
(building, building) 
All the way to Malibu from the Land of the 
Talking Drum- 
Just look how far-look how far we've come