Five hungry brothers caught up in a fight deciding on the best way to slice up a pie
Brother number one said I am top of the tree and half that pie is coming to me,
To brother number two I give a quarter of that pie, brothers three and your you decide
Brother number five wide eyed watched them all as he stood there hungry scraping the bowl.

With a dead weight walking, a dead weight crawling, a dead weight lying on his back.

Now none of them they noticed as time slipped by, as brother number one took a bigger slice of the pie,
Man he was clever really played them for fools they never went hungry but they was never full,
He keep them in line they didn't rock the boat as he tightened his grip upon their yoke,
Only brother number five tried to carry the fight, but non of them were listening as he cried,
With a dead weight walking, a dead weight crawling, a dead weight lying on our backs.

Bridge

Now winter it come it really bit to the bone and things weren't rosy in that brothers home,
But brother number one he looked out for himself and them others they went hungry and they cried,
them others they went hungry and they cried,
them others they went hungry and they cried,
them others they went hungry and they cried...

With a dead weight walking, a dead weight crawling, a dead weight lying on our backs.
With a dead weight walking, a dead weight crawling, a dead weight lying on our backs.

Now that veil had been lifted and them brothers they could see how their own flesh and blood had brought them misery,
But brother number he knew how to survive as reached down and pulled out a big 45 (all stop)
Well there they all stood a spoiling for a fight waiting for the first one to blink an eye,
And now they're all back at the start of this ride how it all ends, well you decide.

With a dead weight walking, a dead weight crawling, a dead weight lying on your backs.
With a dead weight walking, a dead weight crawling, a dead weight lying on your backs.
With a dead weight walking, a dead weight crawling, a dead weight lying on your backs.
With a dead weight walking, a dead weight crawling, a dead weight lying on your backs.