Bedlam Blues

Cain killed Abel on a Monday night Abel didn’t get a chance to put up much of a fight Cain said, “am I my brother’s keeper?” God said, “yeah,” but Cain said, “nah” Adam just shook his head and rubbed his jaw And Adam said, "Good grief, my oh my We’ve got a Tom o’ Bedlam, get a load of this guy Well this is not ideal, but what ya gonna do? It’s the world we’re living in," well Abel lived in it too Orestes killed his mama on a Friday night, ‘Cause his mama killed his daddy, not the world’s best wife Orestes pleaded his case that what he did was really good The Fates said, “what the heck is wrong with this dude?” But Athena said, "Good grief, my oh my We’ve got a Tom o’ Bedlam, get a load of this guy Well this is not ideal, but what ya gonna do? It’s the world we’re living in," his mama lived in it too Genghis Khan burned a village on a Wednesday night The villagers begged him to put out that light But Genghis was busy fighting and conquering the land He had a vision for the world that they just couldn't understand And his army said, "Good grief, my oh my We’ve got a Tom o’ Bedlam, get a load of this guy Well this is not ideal, but what ya gonna do? It’s the world we’re living in," those people lived in it too Jack the Ripper killed some women on a Saturday night With a couple of slashes from his handy knife The world got around through the city of London But everyone said, “didn’t those women kinda, have it coming?” And the people said, "Good grief, my oh my We’ve got a Tom o’ Bedlam, get a load of this guy Well this is not ideal, but what ya gonna do? It’s the world we’re living in," well those women lived in it too Mark David Chapman killed John Lennon on a Sunday night After reading the book Catcher in the Rye He saw what was wrong with the world, too many phonies parading around And someone oughta put 'em all into the ground And the papers said, "Good grief, my oh my We’ve got a Tom o’ Bedlam, get a load of this guy Well this is not ideal, but what ya gonna do? It’s the world we’re living in," well John Lennon lived in it too