Belt

[Spoken Word Introduction: Max Bemis, Peter Bemis] I have to record the spoken-word introduction to the record Still? Yeah. It's only a few lines, but I'm having anxiety about it Do you know what it is? Yeah, it goes— Good, so you don't have to write it It goes— Oh, yeah, let me hear it It goes, "And the record begins, with a song of rebellion." ...that's it? And the record begins, with a song of rebellion! [Verse 1: Max Bemis] I wouldn't sell my belt to industry So they carded me, and they carted me off Naked but that belt around my waist It was my father's once I still see his face [Chorus: Max Bemis] I said whoa, oh, oh, they carted me off I said whoa, oh, oh, oh-oh, they carted me— [Verse 2: Max Bemis] But I managed to escape the good Gendarme I fled through field and farm, stripped of natural charm Naked but that belt I wear so well P-p-p-past the pyramids, and the liberty bell [Chorus: Max Bemis] I said whoa, oh, oh, they carted me off I said whoa, oh, oh, oh-oh, they carted me— [Post-Chorus: Max Bemis] Hey! This is something I have to do for myself Yeah, this is something I have to do for myself I have to, for myself I have to, for myself Yeah, yeah! [Verse 3: Max Bemis] I ignored the sheep and shepherds on my way What can their small words say when they say them that way? Bathed in sweat, feathered as a crow I laid a beating of the sleet and snow with my frostbitten toes I remain unrecognized in my hometown Beneath my monstrous gown of feathery down But I gathered up an army made of those Who aimed to shake them from their repose [Chorus 2: Max Bemis] And we took up weapons, yeah! And we took off our clothes And we took up weapons, yeah And we took off our— [Post-Chorus: Max Bemis] Hey! This is something I have to do for myself Yeah, this is something I have to do for myself I have to, for myself I have to, for myself Yeah, yeah! [Bridge: Max Bemis] So what say you and all your friends Meet all of my friends in the alley tonight? Yeah, what say you and all your friends Step up to my friends in the alley tonight? Yeah, what say you and all your friends Meet all of my friends in the alley tonight? Yeah, what say you and all your friends Step up to my friends in the alley tonight? Yeah!