It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) - Live

Darkness at the break of noon
Shadows even the silver spoon
The hand made blade, the child's balloon
Eclipses both the sun and moon
To understand, you know, too soon
There is no sense in tryin'

Pointed threats, they bluff with scorn
Suicide remarks are torn
From the fool's gold mouthpiece, the hollow horn
Plays wasted words that prove to warn
That he not busy being born is busy dyin'

So don't fear, if you hear
A foreign sound to your ear
It's alright Ma, I'm only bleedin'

For them that must obey authority
That they do not respect in any degree
Who despise their jobs, their destiny
Speak jealously of them that are free
Do what they do just to be
Nothing more than somethin' they invest in

A question in your nerves is lit
Yet, you know there is no answer fit
To satisfy, ensure you not to quit
To keep it in your mind and not forget
That it is not he or she or them or it that you belong to

And though the masters make the rules
For the wise men and the fools
It's alright Ma, I'm only dyin'