Horslips - You Can't Fool The Beast lyrics

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There has always been great speculation as to the nature of the Brown Bull.<br />

In the manuscripts the Bull is referred to as "an Donn Cuailgne". While<br />

The word "Donn" means "brown" it is also the name of the ancient Irish God<br />

Of the Dead. There is also a related story which tells how two malevolent<br />

Magicians take the shape of Bulls and resume a longstanding feud.<br />

You can fool the woman<br />

- One of these days, you're gonna<br />

fool the man<br />

Cos you've got the insight<br />

You can see a world of things<br />

They can't understand.<br />

You can say you're winning<br />

You can count the score<br />

And say you know that they've lost.<br />

But you'll end up admitting that<br />

The price is more than simply counting<br />

the cost.<br />

Ah yes, they're blind already.<br />

They're blind to love, blind to pain,<br />

Blind to hope, blind to gain.<br />

Ah you can fool them alright<br />

But can you fool the beast?<br />

You can fool the woman<br />

Anyone can see you're gonna<br />

fool the man.<br />

Cos you've ways of knowing.<br />

You can tell their pride will<br />

Make them blind in the end.<br />

And leave them blindly gazing.