give it up your tit for tat
you know well you owe
and there’s never been a contract
to pay in gold or favour
and from minor sins to majors
there’s never been a measure
so give it up your tit for tat
though the world is full of measures
and contract after contract
that steal away the daylight
just pay and make your way
knowing that there are those
who would go amongst serpents
in the name of brother and sister
and measure all those serpents too
as brother and as sister