He offered them a good right arm
To help them save the family farm
For their dough, he was damn near good as rain
Then came the time for them to choose
An offer they could not refuse
With easy outs and capital gains
No one has a suspicious feeling
You really couldn't call it stealing
He did it with a style most would admire
But he had picked them off like a bird on a wire
He had opened fire on the bird on a wire
A nudge, a wink, and they'd be getting higher
He whipped out his fountain pen while the tears were getting drier
And then he picked them off like a bird on a wire
There ain't a kid with a BB gun
Or an alley cat with room to run
Who could put them down like they was out for hire
Yeah, he could pick them off like a bird on a wire
He went golfing every day
They voted while he was away
Though technically he's Chairman of the Board
They had become avaricious
Leaving him to do the dishes
They introduced him to his new landlord
Who told him his time came and went
Their office in the Orient
Would send him checks, for soon he would retire
Yet they had picked him off like a bird on a wire
They had opened fire on the bird on a wire
He was sinking, they were getting higher
They polished up their Macintosh while his ass was in the mire
And then they picked him off like a bird on a wire
There ain't a kid with a BB gun
Or an alley cat with room to run
Who could bring them down like they was out for hire
Yeah, they can pick them off like a bird on a wire