Outside in the Snow

(Verse)
Take your pride
Throw it on the ground
Put on a shepherd's cap
To replace your crown
Abandon your wing tips
For a sturdier shoe
You got a long way to go
Better lace up your boots

There is only one place to go
Where you're a once high-and-mighty
Out shoveling coal

You got to stand outside
Oh, you got to stand outside
Yea, you got to stand outside
Outside Canossa in the snow

(Verse)
And take your meat
Feed it to the dogs
Take all your fine dishes
Dash them on the rocks
Human kindness
Is a skinny old cow
But you got no other milk
To rely on now

What can you do?
And your luck gets thin
When you can pile all your riches on the head of a pin

You better stand outside
Yea, you got to stand outside
Oh, you got to stand outside
And hope somebody lets you in

(Verse)
There's a line behind your heels
That you can't step back across
You're a free man now and like all free men
You got to beg for the things you've lost
You can walk all the way to the eastern coast
And then on to the western shore
But you'll never never never be free
Til you stand at the foot of the door

You got to stand outside
Oh, you got to stand outside
Yea, you got to stand outside
Outside Canossa in the snow

(Verse)
When all your money
All your fortunate bread
Flips over the rail with the 6 horse
When it breaks to the left
When you're down
And your friends turn their backs
When you're scrounging for tickets while they close down the track

You got to stand (stand outside)
Yea, you got to stand (stand outside)
Oh, you got to stand (stand outside)
Outside Canossa in the snow