What one must notice is the constant beckoning that Ed displays in this song. He tells the “vicious crowd” to go on with their heckling and shouting. He wants to hear them, to listen. It’s a message of how even our worst enemies and craziest lunatics deserve an ear leaned in.
[Verse 1]
Pollution, Cain, and misery
Oceans of golden mystery
Armies boisterous and armies loud
Portraits of a vicious crowd
[Chorus]
Talk to me, talk to me now
Hey, man, you're all that I have
Hey, man, you're all that I have
[Verse 2]
Me, myself, myself, and I
We're born to work and born to die
I have chosen my anthems, of these, I am proud
Portraits of a divided crowd
[Chorus]
Talk to me, talk to me now
Hey, man, you're all that I have
Hey, man, you're all that I have
Hey, man, we're all that we have
Talk to me, talk to me now, yeah
Talk to me, talk to me now
Talk to me, talk to me now
[Bridge]
Leave it behind
Could you leave it behind now?
Could you leave it behind, yeah, yeah
Leave it all behind
Leave it all behind
Leave it all behind
Leave it all behind
[Chorus]
Talk to me, talk to me now, yeah
Talk to me, talk to me now, oh
Talk to me, talk to me now
[Outro]
Oh
Talk to me now
Talk to me now
Oh, vicious crowd
Talk to me now
Oh, vicious, vicious crowd
Vicious crowd, vicious crowd
Talk to me now
Oh, vicious crowd
Talk to me, talk to me now
Oh, oh, oh yeah
Talk to me now
Mother Earth Is A Vicious Crowd was written by LIVE.
Mother Earth Is A Vicious Crowd was produced by Jerry Harrison.
LIVE released Mother Earth Is A Vicious Crowd on Tue Dec 31 1991.