In the Land of the Pig, the Butcher Is King
Look at them now
What do they want?
And what do they do now?
Nothing at all
What do they know?
What do they think?
And who do they tell?
Well, no one at all
Lives are truly meaningless
And we are busy being blessed
With all that we can take and pocket
No one needs to know
We're the plug and they're the socket
Give us the juice and we'll go
Can't you hear the choir now?
Listen to the animals sing
Can't you hear the slaughterhouse bells?
In the land of the pigs the butcher is king
In the land of the pigs the butcher is king
How do they sleep?
Their lives are so tart
Bring me the trash collectors
'Cause they're nothing but trash
What do you expect?
They've got no standards
So we lower the bar
'Cause they're waiting for us
We'll open up Pandora's Box
Pandora gave her keys and locks
They're the big dogs waiting for their mother
Come to the confessional
So I can tell you all that bugger off
There's no time like now
Can't you hear the choir now?
Listen to the animals sing
Can't you hear the slaughterhouse bells?
In the land of the pigs the butcher is king
Can't you hear the choir now?
Listen to the market-place sing
Can't you hear the slaughterhouse bells?
In the land of the pigs the butcher is king
In the land of the pigs the butcher is king
And we'll do it our way, it's our time to play
We know what to say if they stand in our way
Don't stand in our way, no time like today
Can't you hear the choir now?
Listen to the anthems we sing
Can't you hear the slaughterhouse bells?
In the land of the pigs the butcher is king
Can't you hear the choir now?
Listen to the animals sing
Can't you hear the slaughterhouse bells?
In the land of the pigs the butcher is king
Can't you hear the choir now?
Listen to the chosen ones sing
Can't you hear the slaughterhouse bells?
In the land of the pigs the butcher is king
In the land of the pigs the butcher is king
In the land of the pigs the butcher is king
In the land of the pigs the butcher is king
What do they want?
And what do they do now?
Nothing at all
What do they know?
What do they think?
And who do they tell?
Well, no one at all
Lives are truly meaningless
And we are busy being blessed
With all that we can take and pocket
No one needs to know
We're the plug and they're the socket
Give us the juice and we'll go
Can't you hear the choir now?
Listen to the animals sing
Can't you hear the slaughterhouse bells?
In the land of the pigs the butcher is king
In the land of the pigs the butcher is king
How do they sleep?
Their lives are so tart
Bring me the trash collectors
'Cause they're nothing but trash
What do you expect?
They've got no standards
So we lower the bar
'Cause they're waiting for us
We'll open up Pandora's Box
Pandora gave her keys and locks
They're the big dogs waiting for their mother
Come to the confessional
So I can tell you all that bugger off
There's no time like now
Can't you hear the choir now?
Listen to the animals sing
Can't you hear the slaughterhouse bells?
In the land of the pigs the butcher is king
Can't you hear the choir now?
Listen to the market-place sing
Can't you hear the slaughterhouse bells?
In the land of the pigs the butcher is king
In the land of the pigs the butcher is king
And we'll do it our way, it's our time to play
We know what to say if they stand in our way
Don't stand in our way, no time like today
Can't you hear the choir now?
Listen to the anthems we sing
Can't you hear the slaughterhouse bells?
In the land of the pigs the butcher is king
Can't you hear the choir now?
Listen to the animals sing
Can't you hear the slaughterhouse bells?
In the land of the pigs the butcher is king
Can't you hear the choir now?
Listen to the chosen ones sing
Can't you hear the slaughterhouse bells?
In the land of the pigs the butcher is king
In the land of the pigs the butcher is king
In the land of the pigs the butcher is king
In the land of the pigs the butcher is king
Credits
Writer(s): Jim Steinman
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Other Album Tracks
- The Monster Is Loose
- Blind As a Bat
- It's All Coming Back to Me Now (feat. Marion Raven)
- Bad for Good
- Cry Over Me
- In the Land of the Pig, the Butcher Is King
- Monstro
- Alive
- If God Could Talk
- If It Ain't Broke Break It
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Altri album
- Into The Fire (Live 1977)
- Speaking In Tongues (Radio Edit) - Single
- Speaking In Tongues
- Going All The Way (Radio Edit)
- Bottom Line, New York, November 28th, 1977 (Remastered, Live On Broadcasting)
- El Mocambo, Toronto, January 18th, 1978 (Remastered, Live On Broadcasting)
- Braver Than We Are
- Best Of
- Best of Meat Loaf
- Milestones - Meat Loaf
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