PIGGIES
(Harrison)
1968


George's "Piggies" is a very gentle mocking of middle class behaviour.  
However, this is not how Charles Manson, a struggling Californian 
ex-musician, saw it.  For him it was a call to arms.  The line "What they 
need's a damn good whacking" took on a whole new meaning.  He and his 
followers went on to commit a series of mass murders, the most important 
being film star Sharon Tate.  At one of the murder scenes the word "pigs" 
was daubed in the the victim's blood.



Have you seen the little piggies crawling in the dirt
And for all the little piggies life is getting worse
Always having dirt to play around in


Have you seen the bigger piggies in their starched white shirts
You will find the bigger piggies stirring up the dirt
Always have clean shirts to play around with


In their styes with all their backing they don't care what goes on around
In their eyes there's something lacking what they need's a damn good whacking


Everywhere there's lots of piggies living piggy lives
You can see them out for dinner with their piggy wives
Clutching forks and knives to eat their bacon


One more time