the just gentleman

[fledgist]

 there's no one here to pay the price of shame

so we must meet to argue the full toss

as if the whole adventure were a game

 

you'd think to come out here to some acclaim

expect to end the day as chief or boss

there's no one here to pay the price of shame

 

it seems to me the story's rather tame

we were sent out to bear a paltry cross

as if the whole adventure were a game

 

you are the victim of some sort of fame

who watched as gold turned into vulgar dross

there's no one here to pay the price of shame

 

in time we will find ways to spread the blame

and then apply a soothing sort of gloss

as if the whole adventure were a game

 

our final task is to put out the flame

and make quite sure that you absorb the loss

there's no one here to pay the price of shame

as if the whole adventure were a game