Eat or Be Eaten

I got nothing to eat in this old house I gotta go out and catch a mouse I can't be wrong so I gotta be right It's eat or be eaten Something's hungry like a hunter And it's probing like a finger As the drumbeat keeps things hurrying That's the part that's so appealing It's the beat that dominates Each breath you draw Each step you take Strike or be stricken Eat or be eaten yum yum yum yum Eat or be eaten Your skills are highly specialized But still that girl can magnetize You sense the hunger in her eyes It's beat or be beaten There's no softness in her eyes A weird dull glint is in her eyes With a stubborn will to tantalize Like some cheap devil in disguise And it's troubling me Hell it's nervy that's what it is Eat or be eaten Beat or be beaten Strike or be stricken The night is dark the night is pulp Tilt back your head and take a gulp Of air that's screamed a thousand times The main thing is to victimize It's just the night for a conquering tribe Oh, it's just the night for a conquering tribe Eat or be eaten Beat or be beaten Faster than the arrow flies Or the man who smiles while he lies It's just the night for a conquering tribe And the girls are calling in her yellow dress That girl is calling in a yellow dress She says eat eat eat here boys Eat eat eat here boys And then... --- Eat or Be Eaten - Iggy Pop