ry cooder
which came first
You may be a hater, you may be a lover  You can bet your life one destroys the other  I don't know how it all began, which came first  The egg or the hen   The moon comes up and the sun goes down  This old world keeps spinning around  Just as sure as the day turns into the night  What you do in the dark will turn up in the light  Masked man ridin' out across the land  Spreading destruction and moving his hand  He carries a ray-gun, shoots from the hip  Got your past in his pocket, your future's in his grip   You may be a hater, you may be a lover  You bet your life one destroys the other  I don't know how it all began, which came first  The egg or the hen   Now, you bet your life without a doubt  Asking a masked man to leat you out  He's got you so tight that you can't even see  That ray-gun is pointed right at you and me   You won't see it coming  You won't feel the blow  You won't get no warning  You won't never know  You can't start it sooner  And fix it up later  And you ain't going to read about it in the newspaper   Rich or poor, mighty and meek  Don't need no ticket, you've all got a seat  High up on the mountain, low down in the alley  We'll all watch the world turn into death valley   You may be a hater, you may be a lover  You can bet your life one destroys the other  I don't know how it all began, which came first  The egg or the hen   Better shake my hand 'cause time is winding up  Shake your neighbor's hand 'cause time is winding up   You may be a hater, you may be a lover  You can bet your life one destroys the other  I don't know how it all began, which came first  The egg or the hen