Victim Or The Crime Lyrics

The song Victim Or The Crime is performed by Grateful Dead in the album named Without a Net in the year 1990 .



Patience runs out on the junkie
The dark side hires another soul
Did he steal his fate or earn it?
Was he force fed, did he learn it?
Whatever happened to his precious self control?

Like him, I'm tired of try'n' to heal
This tomcat heart with which I'm blessed
Is destruction lovings twin?
Must I chose to lose or win?
Maybe when my turn comes I will have guessed

These are the horns of the dilemma
What truth this proof against all lies?
When sacred fails before profane
The wisest man is deemed insane
Even the purest of romantics compromise

What fixation feeds this fever?
As the full moon pales and climbs
Am I living truth or rank deceiver?
Am I the victim or the crime?
Am I the victim or the crime?
Am I the victim or the crime, or the crime?

And so I wrestle with the angel
To see who'll reap the seeds I sow
Am I the driver or the driven?
Will I be damned to be forgiven?
Is there anybody here but me who needs to know?

What fixation feeds this fever?
As the full moon pales and climbs
Am I living truth or rank deceiver?
Am I the victim or the crime?
Am I the victim or the crime?
Am I the victim or the crime?
Am I the victim or the crime?
Am I the victim or the crime, or the crime?



Grateful Dead - Without a Net

Aug 1990

  1. Feel Like A Stranger
  2. Mississippi Half-Step/Uptown Toodeloo
  3. Walkin' Blues
  4. Althea
  5. Cassidy
  6. Bird Song
  7. Let It Grow
  8. China Cat Sunflower/I Know You Rider
  9. Looks Like Rain
  10. Eyes Of The World
  11. Victim Or The Crime
  12. Help On The Way/Slipknot!/Franklin's Tower
  13. One More Saturday Night
  14. Dear Mr. Fantasy

Victim Or The Crime