Short End

If a man gives you bread
and waits just in case you drop some
if a carrot is dangled
just so you could forget your deserving meal
then what appears isn't what is
because then its not genuine
shortchanged is the name
that attracts men to ways seemingly good
but then tis all destruction at the end

i don't wanna sing my last song
because then
the singer appears a captive
of the forces that don't want him singing
a parrots early morning song isn't stopped by anothers'
yet there is space enough for both
and an audience twice as willing to listen

why then do you give the short end
the one that slips from the hand
as easily as it comes
what do you gain
when you rally your money might
and drive out the poor from their homes
so you may find ground enough
for the evil mans delight
this short end will take you closer
to the worms that devour with haste
so i don't wanna stop this
till you tell me in my ear
that you've left this game for a better one.