What's Book Got to Hide from Us?

What's Book Got to Hide from Us?

By Ying (2004), with apologies to "What's Love Got to Do with It" by Tina Turner (written by Terry Britten/Graham Lyle, 1984)

We don't understand
How'd this nice preacher-man
Lay a fed out flat?
Seems like folks he won't kill
Is high marksman skill
All from hares shot at?
Inscrutible . . .
He's ironical
Did he fight in the war
But just aim for kneecaps?

Whoa-oh-oh

CHORUS:
What's Book got to hide, got to hide from us?
What's Book, when'll Shepherd start disclosin'?
What's Book got to hide, got to hide from us?
What's on his card? Want his card secret spoken

He quotes from Shan Yu
Knows the name Niska, too
What's that s'posed to mean?
Was he once just as crazed
As shown on his face
Like what River's seen?
"Half a hump," won't give . . .
If one's innocent
Plus was "special" place preachin'
What ruined Womack's scheme?

No-oh-oh!

CHORUS:
What's Book got to hide, got to hide from us?
What's Book, when'll Shepherd start disclosin'?
What's Book got to hide, got to hide from us?
What's on his card? Want his card secret spoken

INSTRUMENTAL

How's he know the scrap-shop information?
And the rifle name?
Just what's done in this abbey "meditation"?
Please share, or at least tell Jayne!

Whoa-oh-oh

CHORUS:
What's Book got to hide, got to hide from us?
What's Book, when'll Shepherd start disclosin'?
What's Book got to hide, got to hide from us?
What's on his card? Want his card secret spoken

What's Book got to hide, got to hide from us?
What's Book? "ain't a shepherd," that's one notion
What's Book got to hide, got to hide from us?
What's on his card? Want his card secret spoken

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