I am a fast fish I'm not a loose fish out of time Oh a chewing gum saying in everyone's mouth That possession is half of the law Regardless of how that thing came into your possession They say that its half of the law Oh but it is often the case that possession Is the whole of the law What are the sinews and souls of capital's serfs? The republican slaves? But fast fish In this case is not possession the whole of the law Not just half of the law? You've got a bad landlord? Haven't we all? He's a fast fish - he's a fast fish What is the protected villain's marble mansion with doorplate? For a waif, what is that but a fast fish? What is this ruinous discount, mordecai But a fast fish? Keep your family from starvation What is this noble thing but a fast fish? All the archbishops who save souls in doubt Steal from the bread and cheese of hundreds of thousands What is that globular hundred thousand But a fast fish? Oh when the Chinese rent collector comes round "shintin" It's a fast fish Oh brother Jonathan , all sex is a fast fish It's most of the law I am a fast fish I'm not a loose fish out of time I am a fast fish are you a loose fish out of time?