You Can't Fool the Beast - Horslips

There has always been great speculation as to the nature of the Brown Bull

In the manuscripts the Bull is referred to as «an Donn Cuailgne».

While

The word «Donn» means «brown» it is also the name of the ancient Irish God

Of the Dead.

There is also a related story which tells how two malevolent

Magicians take the shape of Bulls and resume a longstanding feud

You can fool the woman

— One of these days, you’re gonna

Fool the man

Cos you’ve got the insight

You can see a world of things

They can’t understand

You can say you’re winning

You can count the score

And say you know that they’ve lost

But you’ll end up admitting that

The price is more than simply counting

The cost

Ah yes, they’re blind already

They’re blind to love, blind to pain

Blind to hope, blind to gain

Ah you can fool them alright

But can you fool the beast?

You can fool the woman

Anyone can see you’re gonna

Fool the man

Cos you’ve ways of knowing

You can tell their pride will

Make them blind in the end

And leave them blindly gazing