Oh, ties that bind, ties that bind
Wherever the need is strong
The strangest kind of people find
They somehow get along
He likes being sickly,
she likes playing nurse
We've heard of arrangements
considerably worse
Their odd little longings
are beautifully knit
He loves to be sat on and she loves to sit
Oh, ties that bind, ties that bind
Wherever the need is strong
The strangest kind of people find
They somehow get along
The businessman holler
s he's taxed all he makes
The government questions
the write -off he takes.
Big business despises the
government's size
But no one else orders the
large merchandise.
Oh, ties that bind, ties that bind
Wherever the need is strong
The strangest kind of people find
They somehow get along.
The U .N. convenes
to discuss armaments
The principals claim that
it's all self -defense
They rattle their rockets,
their bombs are immense
But each hopes the other
will use common sense
Oh, ties that bind, ties that bind
Wherever the need is strong
The strangest kind of people find
They somehow get along
The strangest kind of people find
They somehow get along