Rattlesnake said to the copperhead,
«You give us vipers a real bad name,
You prey on the weakest, in fact for no reason,
No wonder we get blamed.»
Copperhead laughed, said, «Kiss my ass!
You can bark but there ain't much bite,
You rattle that tail, but it's fear I smell,
I think you're shaking out of fright.»
Rattlesnake, copperhead,
Either one of them'll kill you dead,
We stay hungry, they get fed
And don't pass the plate around.
Lie by lie, cheat by cheat,
Venom in smiling teeth,
They just run those forked tongues,
And the whole world's burning down.
Copperhead said to the rattlesnake,
«If you ever wanna make it rain,
We could team up, be twice as tough,
Fear will be our game.»
Rattlesnake said to the copperhead,
«Y'know we were the original sin,
And I bet you my rattle against your copper
That the bitch takes the apple again.»
Rattlesnake, copperhead,
Either one of them'll kill you dead,
We stay hungry, they get fed
And don't pass the plate around.
Lie by lie, cheat by cheat,
Venom in smiling teeth,
They just run those forked tongues,
And the whole world's burning down.
Rattlesnake said to the copperhead,
«Ain't no way they'd win
'Cause the mice are sheep and the shepherd's asleep.»
And the copperhead said, «Amen.»