You got to be crazy, you gotta have a real need   You gotta sleep on your toes and when you're on the streets   You gotta be able to pick out the easy meat   With your eyes closed   Then moving in silently, down wind and out of sight   You gotta strike when the moment is right without thinking      And after a while, you can work on points for style   Like the club tie and the firm handshake   A certain look in the eye, an easy smile   You have to be trusted by the people that you lie to   So that when they turn their backs on you   You'll get the chance to put the knife in      You gotta keep one eye looking over your shoulder   You know it's going to get harder   Harder, harder as you get older   And in the end you'll pack up, fly down south   Hide your head in the sand   Just another sad old man, all alone and dying of cancer      And when you lose control you'll reap the harvest you have sown   And as the fear grows, the bad blood slows and turns to stone   And it's too late to lose the weight   You used to need to throw around   So have a good drown as you go down all alone   Dragged down by the stone      I gotta admit that I'm a little bit confused   Sometimes it seems to me as if I'm just being used   Gotta stay awake gotta try and shake off   This creeping malaise   If I don't stand my own ground   How can I find my way out of this maze?      Deaf, dumb and blind, you just keep on pretending   That everyone's expendable and no one has a real friend   And it seems to you the thing to do   Would be to isolate the winner   And everything's done under the sun   And you believe at heart, everyone's a killer      Who was born in a house full of pain?   Who was trained not to spit in the fan?   Who was told what to do by the man?   Who was broken by trained personnel?   Who was fitted with collar and chain?   Who was given a pat on the back?      Who was breaking away from the pack?   Who was only a stranger at home?   Who was ground down in the end?   Who was found dead on the phone?   Who was dragged down by the stone?   Who was dragged down by the stone?