Song Description

THE STORY OF A MAN WHO CAN'T APPRECIATE HIS ABUNDANT LIFE.

Lyrics

WHAT HE?S GOT
 
HE WAKES UP AND THE CASTLE IS COLD
HIS JOINTS ARE STIFF AND HE?S FEELING
QUITE OLD TODAY
HE DOESN?T? KNOW WHAT THE DAY WILL BRING
AND HE DON?T CARE ?BOUT A THING
 
HE RIDES HIS HORSE AND SURVEYS THE LANDSCAPE
THINKS OF HIS STOCKS AND THE INTEREST HE?LL MAKE
THERE?S MORE IN STOCKS THAN IN PEOPLE THESE DAYS
HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE
 
AND POOR JOHN WEEPS AS HE CLEANS THE STABLE
THAT ONE HE?LL BE ABLE TO STOP
BUT HE LAUGHS AT NIGHT WITH HIS WIFE AND KIDS
AND DOESN?T KNOW WHAT HE?S GOT
YEAH HE ONLY KNOWS WHAT HE?S NOT
 
BUT ACROSS THE MOAT OUR LEADING MAN WAITS
FOR HIS BUFFET AND THE SERVANT NAMED KATE
HE DOESN?T KNOW WHAT SHE?S FEEDING HIM
OR WHAT SHE PUT IN HIS GIN
 
SHE?S WORKED FOR HIM ALMOST 30 YEARS
NOW SHE CAN FINALLY STOP
WHEN THE WICKED MAN WHO?S CHAINED HER SOUL TO FEAR
FINALLY STARTS TO DROP
YEAH HE WON?T ENJOY WHAT HE?S GOT
 
AND AS THE POISON TAKES EFFECT
HIS MIND FILLS UP WITH REGRET
AT HOW HE HAS AND HASN?T LOVED A SOUL
HE WISHES HE COULD JUST START OVER
IN A FIELD OF FOUR LEAF CLOVERS
AND MAYBE TAKE SOME TIME TO PICK ONE UP
 
BUT IT?S TOO LATE FOR THE FOOL ON THE HILL
TO SPLIT HIS DIVIDENDS AGAIN
FOR WHAT IT?S WORTH
HAVE COMPASSION FOR HIM
WHO ONLY KNOWS WHAT HE?S NOT
AND HE CAN?T ENJOY WHAT HE?S GOT
 
I SAY WHAT HE?S GOT
DOES HE KNOW WHAT HE?S GOT?
I THINK PROBABLY NOT
WHAT HE?S GOT
HE ONLY KNOWS WHAT HE?S NOT
&IT?S A CRYIN? SHAME
BUT HE?S THE ONLY ONE TO BLAME