TYRANNY

by Dan Bern

transcribed by Jared

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Bush world wide protests won?t change his approach to Iraq

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Well what a surprise

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I thought he listens to the people of the world

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I thought he woke up every day and asked his secretary

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What are folks protesting?

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Who should we be listening to besides ourselves?

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And there are people
Maybe even you
Who think opinion polls equals democracy
Round here the grown ups thought of
Should we or should we not
Meanwhile the kids all knew we?re going to war

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Tyranny

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It comes in many shapes and sizes

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Tyranny

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But when it comes, it comes with no surprises

People will tell you that anything worth doing
Oh yeah, that?s in the past
That?s already, that?s already been done
Maybe I never studied hard enough in science
But my chances to go back in time are none

Where is my wandering nation tonight
While I?m sitting on top of this flagpole?
How crazy am I, crazy enough to sit
Until all the bombs are used or sold or stolen
The news London and the news from Marrakech
And the news from Palestine and Islamabad
And the news from Baghdad and the news from New York City
It?s the same news all the world over

Tyranny
It comes in many shapes and sizes
Tyranny
But when it comes, it comes with no surprises
But when it comes, it comes with no surprises
But when it comes, it comes with no surprises