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Law Of The Bungle - Lyrics by Jethro Tull


Lyrics
The tiger flashes sharpened teeth.

Bowler-hatted; summer briefs

Beneath his pinstriped skin.


To kill demands a business sense;

Economy moves non-residence

Approaching from down-wind.


Being a tiger means you laugh

Whenever lesser tigers have

To eat meat that's infected.


Being a tiger means your mate

When overfed will defecate

In places least expected.


Knowing a tiger means you must

Accept his promise of mutual trust

And offer him your throat.


Loving a tiger means you take

Second place to the cake you bake

And with undying servile obedience
keep the stiffly starched collar
of his conference shirt spotless
and remove daily the daubed bloody
evidence of his dastardly misdeeds
from the otherwise immaculate elegance
of his pinstripe tiger coat.


Period.

Book: Reflection on the Important Things