Blockade Runner's Blues

It starts out with a boom and money everywhere Yeah, it starts out with a boom and money everywhere Throwing knives into the trees and shooting tin cans in the air Then the dust starts to settle and the smoke begins to clear Then the dust starts to settle and the smoke begins to clear If you're not scared out of your wits, you have no idea There's no treasure in the vault. No pennies down the well There's no treasure in the vault and no pennies down the well If you could sell your soul you would but there's nothing, nothing left to sell Then the house of cards starts to tumble and fall And you realise too late that each card balances them all You won't fix it with money You won't fix it with love You won't fix it with nothing you've got anything of All the blockade runners start scuttling their ships All the blockade runners start scuttling their ships Kissing it all goodbye with poison on their lips The sins of the father will be visited on the son Yeah, the sins of the father will be visited on the son And there's nothing you can do. The damage has been done You won't see where you're going if you don't know where you've been You won't see where you're going if you don't know where you've been Someday in the distance it'll all happen over again When the house of cards starts to tumble and fall You realise too late that each card balances them all You won't fix it with money You won't fix it with love You won't fix it with nothing you've got anything of