barterers and their wives

Singer:left banke, the

barterers and their wives

barterers and their wives

trading

fading

taking

breaking

barter away their lives

crowding the city gates

shunning the master's fate

low decisions they envision

cleaning the pauper's plates

in the marketplace changing commonplace friends

come to banter on odds to meet their own ends

barterers hold their own

pinching on what they loan

after seeding

people pleading

spending the heat alone

who will sacrifice pride for being nice game?

he's in season and that's the reason he came

barterers and their trade

lately fall back to fade

every evening

packing

leaving

counting on what they've made

wifely cooking will keep them looking their best

as they smile and set out beguiling with jest

barterers and their wives

barterers and their wives

trading

fading

taking

breaking

barter away their lives