BLOODLINES Sept. 5/85 Karl Rigelhof

Social stratification
With out/no gratification
For your edification
Is not a ratification
The end(s) do(es)n't justify the mean(s)

Living in high society
With out/no (its/any) upward mobility
And the changing propriety
Dilutes/ing the pure nobility
Until it's something inbetween

Are you upper crust
(Or) are you one of the just
(Or) have/are you bitten/(down in) the dust
(And) do you feel (that) you must
Climb (up) out of the dirt
No matter how much it hurts

Is your blood ((a) true) blue
Or some darker/richer hue
(Is) your breeding('s) coming/showing through
(You) do(n't) (you) need another point of view
Because you're always right
You're rich, superior, and contrite/bright
It runs in the family
You've/r inheritance/ed (it) for free
To be powerful and wealthy
It runs through/along your bloodline(s)