Charles Bukowski - What can we do? lyrics

At their best
There is gentleness in Humanity
Some understanding and, at times, acts of
Courage but all in all it is a mass
A glob that doesn't have too much
It is like a large animal deep in sleep and
Almost nothing can awaken it
When activated it's best at brutality
Selfishness, unjust judgments, murder

What can we do with it, this Humanity?
Nothing

Avoid the thing as much as possible
Treat it as you would anything poisonous
Vicious and mindless
But be careful it has enacted laws to protect
Itself from you
It can kill you without cause
And to escape it you must be subtle
Few escape

It's up to you to figure a plan

I have met nobody who has escaped

I have met some of the great and
Famous but they have not escaped
For they are only great and famous within
Humanity

I have not escaped
But I have not failed in trying again and
Again

Before my death I hope to obtain my life