BETTER... WORSE...

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BETTER… WORSE…
(Music & Lyrics by Igor (aka Yegor) Belkin)

It’s better to be poor then sore
Better be redhead then pepper and salt
It’s better to have all forty at once
Than never have all forty
It’s better to share prison with friends
Than have solitude that never ends
Father Mars may rule sometimes
But we love our Mother Earth
It’s much better to be begging
Than to be crawling on all fours
It’s better to rise against the crowd
Than endure their cruel laughter

R: Oh, is it better?
Oh, is it worse than it can be?
Oh, is it better?
Oh, is it worse than it can become?

It’s better to be smart than very rich
Lay your head on the block but don’t touch the axe
Have something good to do tomorrow
Than do something bad today
After night there’s another day
When the moon becomes the sun
I can see my deep blue shadow
And it’s taller then the rooftops
If you don’t sow, you can’t reap
If you don’t put, you can’t take
Though I’ve always known it well
Oh, I cannot believe it still

CHORUS: If you wanna live in harmony
It’s not enough to have money
If you wanna feel pain
There’s a way to burn in flame
And if you live in Paradise
Then you have to go for sacrifice
If we wanna stay in Paradise
We have to go for sacrifice

CHORUS plus: After night there’s another day
When the moon becomes the sun
I can see my deep blue shadow
And it’s taller then the rooftops

If you don’t sow, you can’t reap
If you don’t put, you can’t take
Though I’ve always known it well
Oh, I cannot believe it still

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from CARRYIN' COALS TO NEWCASTLE, released October 27, 2020
BETTER... WORSE... (Music & Lyrics by Igor (aka Yegor) Belkin)

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