I went to the polling booth
To vote in the election
But not one of mine got through
And I lost my firm conviction
And affection for a system
That I thought would not elect him
Now I'm feeling blue and used and screwed
How 'bout you?

Some tell me, hey dude lighten up
This crap is not worth tying up
Your guts, now drop the fuss
You'll dig yourself an early grave
Some say I should be bright enough
To see the forest through the trees
But that's just what I'm saying
It's the trees we need to save

This ingrained corporate ethos
Preys on avaricious egos
That undermine the principals
At the center of the scene
When the wealth is rolling in
And the din of stocks spell windfall wins
Do they know whose sweat and toil
Built their billion dollar dreams?

CHORUS:
It's a circle of confusion, baby
Read your Constitution, you might
Start a revolution, and
Tear down those institutions!

The coasts and plains divided
By a peoples undecided
Choking down cold Miller Lights
And playing games of cue stick might
Starring at the streaming media
Of paranoia, porn and seedy stuff
Wonder how these freaking cows
Stare down their conscious every night?

The chasmal gap between
The wealthy factions and the hapless saps
Who stumble through the day afraid
They'll take his land away
Fits the fads of history
Where winners squeeze their victories
From plump delicious fruits they picked
From the hands that picked them first
Built their billion dollar dreams?

CHORUS

My liberal agitations
Aren't just thoughtless iterations
Of the same old tired arguments
You've heard and thought you've learned
It's an open hand I offer
To the cold hearts and the bleeding hearts
To make and action toward a balanced world
A better world

CHORUS

 

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