Original Wrapper (Live Version)

The "Original Wrapper"
I was sittin' home on the West End
Watchin' cable TV with a TV friend
I'm watchin' the news and the world's in a mess
The poor and the hungry and a world in distress

Herpes, AIDS, the Middle East at full throttle
Better check that sausage, before you put it in the waffle
And while you're at it, check what's in the batter
Make sure that candy's in the original wrapper

Hey, pitcher, better check that batter
Make sure that candy's in the original wrapper
Hey, pitcher, better check that batter
Make it louder, hey, give me the wrapper

White against white, black against Jew
It seems like it's 1942
Baby sits in front of MTV
He was watching his violent fantasies
While dad guzzles beer with his favorite sport
Then he finds his heroes are all coked up

Then taste the original, the same old story
The politics of hate in a new surrounding
Hate if it's good and hate if it's bad
Whoa-whoa-whoa, don't make him mad
I'll keep yours, baby, I'll keep mine
There's nothing sacred and nothing divine

The father hate me, we're going throttle
Better check that sausage, before you put it in the waffle, man
While you're at it, while you're at it
And while you're at it
Make sure you get better check that batter
Make sure the candy's in the original wrapper
Go, Michael
I was born in the United States
I grew up hard, but I grew up straight
I saw a lack of morals and a lack of concern
A feeling that there's nowhere to turn

Hippies, yippies and upwardly mobile yuppies
Don't you treat me like I'm some dumb lackey
Murderer lives and the victims die
I'd much rather see it an eye for an eye

Heart for heart, and brain for brain
If this makes you feel a little insane
Kick up your heels, turn the music up loud
Pick up your guitar and look out at the crowd

Say, don't mean fail, sanctimonious life
Got me nervous and little pugnacious
Lugubrious, so I give a salutation
And rock on out to beat really stupid
Ooh-poop-ah-doo, and how do you do?
You gonna hip hop, gonna bop 'til I drop

Hey, pitcher, make new batter
Make sure the candy's in the original wrapper
Hey, pitcher, better check that batter
Make sure the candy's in the original wrapper
Hey now, pitcher, better check that batter
Make sure the candy's in the original wrapper
The "Original wrapper"