Hopeful Assassins of Zeno

Get tired of coming in from the mountains every year
 Find some place to set up shop around here
 Spread out a little, circulate
 A log that floats down river
 Will surely take on weight
 Meet some people
 Make some friends
 How long 'til we get sent back to the mountains?
 It all depends
 On the hopeful
 And the cunning
 And the faithful
 The well-positioned
 Filthy but graceful
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 Get familiar with affairs of state
 Foretell the future
 Get a pretty good success rate
 Notch some wins, take some losses
 Be nice to the guys who wear necklaces with crosses
 They will stab you in the back
 You gotta turn the other cheek
 You gotta learn to love Jesus, so to speak
 Like the hopeful
 And the cunning
 And the faithful
 The well-positioned
 Filthy but graceful
 Real filthy, think about getting clean
 Even hear the soldiers talk about it, down at the canteen
 Little kings keep coming, one another's head
 Which is exactly how the portends read
 Watch with wonder
 Fail to discern
 These people never learn
 How long until the snake devours its tail?
 Longer than we think
 Still it's gotta happen sometime
 Until then, raise a drink
 To the hopeful
 And the cunning
 And the faithful
 The well-positioned
 Filthy but graceful