The old man stood on the top of the hill With his son and a very sharp knife His loving God demanded for payment A living sacrifice The good Lord said, hold it there man I was just kidding Check the bushes and you will find tied up a ram He said, I was just testing you Abe You must love me above all else For I am who I am The old man didn’t get the joke But he guessed he passed that test He’s never been so scared in his whole life He said, loving his son that much Was like taking that great big knife And carving out a little piece of himself Love is a butcher Love is a cleaver in your chest Love is a bloody butcher It’ll cut you, cut you, cut you into little tiny pieces The phone rang the other day Gram said she didn’t know who to call She thought that she would call me She said she was down and out, she was down and out She had just lost husband number three She said, loving and losing boy, loving and losing I’ve had three husbands who have died She said, each time I lose someone It’s like using a great big axe And taking a chunk out of my hide She said, I’m getting older and fatter boy But I’m feeling thinner and thinner Like a piece of paper blowing in the wind She said, there ain’t no shame in loving boy Get back up on that horse and try again This time I was sliced too thin Love is a butcher Love is a cleaver in your chest Love is a bloody butcher It’ll cut you, cut you, cut you into little tiny pieces Well, Brothers and Sisters Brothers and Sisters We are gathered here today Well, Brothers and Sisters Brothers and Sisters Hear what the good book has to say You must leave your mother and father You must leave your mother and father And cleave to the one you love You must cleave, you must cleave You must cleave to the one you love When I hear the word cleave It reminds me of a cleaver And that’s exactly what love is going to be Love will cut you up, it will cut you up Till there is nothing left of you Love is a butcher Love is a cleaver in your chest Love is a bloody butcher It’ll cut you, cut you, cut you into little tiny pieces
