C F G# C
At the plate staring and
A# C# F
He's left with so much on the side
C# F
If it comes alive
Gb C# G# D#
Shift with spoony fork and knife
Gb C# A# F G#
Break it, walk, safety away from strife
C F G# C A#
Kind and cutlery finds a pea
C# F
And punctures with a hole
C# F Gb
All the dinners roll
C# G# D# Gb C#
Into the safety bowl for feasts of reason
A# F G#
And the flow of soul
C G# C C# F C# F
Bins the bowl as he says
Gb C# G# C#
"Falsehoods and a man of straw
Gb C# A# F G#
Is all my eye and Betty Martin saw!"