Scavengers

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[Verse 1]
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Summon deputies and constables, 
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The stewards and the judge
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The Bailiff of legalities, The 
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magistrates and such

[Verse 2]
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From afar we watched you struggle
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 up, This long ascending drive
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Saw your march begin through the 
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thick and thin, Now we see you 
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arrive

[Verse 3]
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So now all of you be shall 
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repelled, From these our castle 
gates
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Not one inch of ground you’ll 
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pinch, Into our great estates

[Chorus]
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You scavengers, you jackals and 
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thieves!
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You slurry of the world, you foul 
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disease
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You scavengers, you crabs and drains
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You vulture’s tongue, you leech 
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and chain

[Verse 4]
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Now seize, arrest and apprehend, 
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Persons twelve or more
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Riotously assembled outside their
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 master’s door

[Verse 5]
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And repudiate all contracts, 
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Cancel every claim
Send you back down the way that you 
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came!

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 6]
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And you wrote the law and you 
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built the church, Such a fine 
disguise
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Like rooks on all the meat you 
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perch, Then you claim to be 
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surprised
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To discover you’re all despised

[Verse 7]
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So gather and advance my friends, 
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Twelve good souls or more
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This jury will assemble outside 
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the master’s door

[Chorus]
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You scavengers, you jackals and 
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thieves!
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You slurry of the world, you foul 
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disease
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You scavengers, you crabs and drains
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You vulture’s tongue, you leech 
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and chain

[Verse 8]
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So we see your empires rise, We
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 shall see them fall
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And through the dust you’ll see us
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 come, Over your castle wall
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Coming forward one for all

[Chorus]
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You scavengers, you jackals and 
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thieves!
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You slurry of the world, you foul 
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disease
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You scavengers, you crabs and drains
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You vulture’s tongue, you leech 
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and chain

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