You think you're doing enough
You think you're doing fine
You think you can keep on bidin' your time
There were the right things to say
But you never said them
They weren’t even written on the prompter you read
You think you did the right things
Won’t apologize
In the name of law and order you destroyed lives
The overseer’s scion
Exacting the debts
Only we debtors have promises that must be kept
Just there Bidin’ your time for
Thirty-five years
Demagoguing pearl clutching white mice and their fears
So many locked away
For what should be no crime
Now you ain’t gonna win the hearts and minds
You want us to believe
You’ve gotten sweeter with time
But you ain’t gonna win our hearts and minds
And you, glowing orange
Don’t think you’re in the clear
You’ve lived your whole life insulated from fear
Win or lose you’ll get
what is coming to you
Not a threat, just soothsayer delivering news
You think you’ve done great
The best there’s ever been
But self-exaltation will end in abasement again
Is it so hard to learn
Crushing dissent is disgrace
The people will teach--won’t take a punch in the face
You’ve bought votes on the range
You’ve bought votes in the lofts
But transactions alone only get you so far
At the end of the day
You think true freedom is crime
So you’ll never win our hearts and minds
The numbers aren’t with you
Among those still alive
And you’re never gonna win our hearts and minds
It's time to stand down
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