Lyrics - You Can't Fool The Beast by Horslips

There has always been great speculation as to the nature of the
Brown
Bull.
In the manuscripts the
Bull is referred to as "an
Donn
Cuailgne".
Whilethe word "
Donn" means "brown" it is also the name of the ancient
Irish
Godof the
Dead.
There is also a related story which tells how two malevolentmagicians take the shape of
Bulls and resume a longstanding feud.
You can fool the woman -
One of these days, you're gonna fool the man
Cos you've got the insight
You can see a world of things
They can't understand.
You can say you're winning
You can count the score
And say you know that they've lost.
But you'll end up admitting that
The price is more than simply counting the cost.
Ah yes, they're blind already.
They're blind to love, blind to pain,
Blind to hope, blind to gain.
Ah you can fool them alright
But can you fool the beast?
You can fool the woman
Anyone can see you're gonna fool the man.
Cos you've ways of knowing.
You can tell their pride willmake them blind in the end.
And leave them blindly gazing.

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