Leslie Fish - Same Old Game lyrics

So why shouldn't I beat my slave? I bought him fair and square He's just some foreigner from the next town and they're not real people there Besides I've suffered a lousy day And it's only right someone else should pay Besides he's sulky and he runs away And he won't mind me Refrain: It's the same old game, just a different name You can play it in the stars or in the mud For power corrupts and it fills its cups From the first to the last with innocent blood Why not persecute Protestants? They defy the church and God The bible tells us for malcontents it's wrong to spare the rod To heretics no quarter give Nor suffer witches or Jews to live I see no fitting alternative Since they won't mind me Refrain Hey, why shouldn't I stomp on blacks? They ain't like you and me All they're good for is serving whites. Should never have been set free Everyone knows they steal and lie. Can't read or write or else just get by And they get to uppity when they try And they won't mind me Refrain Why not slap my woman around? She needs it now and then She always nags that I treat her wrong and she looks at other men When I come home from a long hard day I want my dinner not all her say She's always tryin' to get her way And she won't mind me Refrain So why shouldn't I smack my kid? Ain't he my flesh and blood His clothes are awful. His music's worse. His taste in friends is crud He goes to parties whenever he can Where kids do things that we ought to ban He outta listen to his old man But he won't mind me Refrain Hey, why shouldn't we stomp ET's? They got so damn much gall They got no science or industry but they won't trade with us at all Their planets rich in all kinds of ore But they won't let us dig any more Ungrateful primitives furthermore They won't mind me Refrain With blood With endless seas of innocent blood