Taking Alcatraz

So Richard Oaks gave me a call From san Francisco late in the fall He said it's going down He said we're gonna take the island As monument to the smallpox blankets and the bureaucrats All it got to do is come along You catch a bus tomorrow And if we die there Well At least we make a choice If we were fine there We can tell boys That the line it the sand Don’t matter you don’t care That a bird in the hand is worthless if you're too scared So clear my name and clear my throat Find my voice and here we go again I need a place to stand I hear sirens down the street from the 3rd shift bar Im gonna park my car in the painted off place where the bikers park See what happens then And if I die here well at least I made a choice If I am fine here just please tell the boys That a line in the sand don’t matter You dont care That bird in the hand is worthless if you're too scared My friends keep calling I don’t pick up Ive nothing to say that I can’t just make up anyway Ive got all this shit to do Ive turned you off on the radio I turn around it's in a tv show I turn that off too I remember when I knew you And if i'm fine here well I made my choice If I die here please just tell the boys That a line in the sand don’t matter You dont care That a bird in the hand is worthless you're too scared That a line in the sand don’t matter You don't care That bird in the hand is worthless you are too scared