​billy woods - Wharves lyrics

Waves on wharves, war washed the poor
Never broke again, what he said on the farm
Next day they was gone
Back by nightfall, they swung in the maw
Hung by daylight, the day was long
Sweep water out with the dipper
Salt in the mouth of a river
Mangrove thickets
Man's soul was broken mirrors
False witness, wolf tickets
Nowadays scavengers come before
The wolf's finished
Teeth bare, bristlin', they not scared
Somethin' different the huts was empty
Coal still warm in the kitchen

Cannibal tours, they came on all fours
Waterborne, eyes like Jaws
Bones litter the beach, gnawed
Cracked meat out the beast's claws
Cannibal tours, they came on all fours
Waterborne, eyes like Jaws
Bones litter the beach, gnawed
Cracked meat right out the beast's claws

Drums in the hills like sunset
The gun turret swing right to left
African Queen on the ships deck
Shipwrecked Europeans swimmin' with
The virus shot out like God's semen
"Fuck the world" Pac's screamin'
Crack missions for the heathens
Boats listing from the stealings
Smoke drifting from holes in the ceilings
The swollen chiefs sit
Bickering while the meat crisp
The chiefs eat children, the grease drip
The meat rich down here it's just a muddy
Creek, bend and twist, The braai hiss
The fat run in rivulets, the fire spit

Cannibal tours, they came on all fours
Waterborne, eyes like Jaws
Bones litter the beach, gnawed
Cracked meat out the beast's claws
Cannibal tours, they came on all fours
Waterborne, eyes like Jaws
Bones litter the beach, gnawed
Cracked meat right out the beast's claws

Government, provided that all foreign troops
Were withdrawn from the country
Ja, ja, eine deutsche Kolonie ja? Ja
Eine deutsche Kolonie ja ja
Damals Kaiser Wilhelm der Zwo
Where have they killed him?
Wir stehen nunmehr vor den Überresten eines
Hauses in dem, äh, früher, äh
Kannibalismus durch