So many people, so many problems
There in the pretty city lights
Where we've thrown it all away
If life is here before my eyes
Then I find it hard to see
How the methods that... were told to use
Are gonna make us free... until then I say
That you got to fight... for yourself to be free
Once there were times
Once there were reasons
Filled with rhymes
Everything shared and told
You keep... me... so warm
Protect me from all
Those mighty storms
And dreams seem to be so old
Now that they're gone...
Do you read through the lines
Or believe TV and Times?
Where can we... find more... ways to see?
You strain... on... the... truth
Well the truth is hard
But you know that lies
Are the cancer... of... democracy
So many people, so many problems
There in the pretty city lights
Where we have thrown it all away
If life is here before my eyes
Then I find it hard to see
How the methods that... were told to use
Are gonna make us free... until then I say
That you got to fight... for yourself to be free
Once there were times
Once there were reasons
Filled with rhymes
Everything shared and told
You keep... me... so warm
Protect me from all
Those mighty storms
And dreams seem to be so old
Now that they're gone...
Do you read through the lines
Or believe TV and the Times?
But the truth is hard
Well you know that lies
Are the cancer... of democracy
So many people, so many problems
There in the pretty city lights
Where we've thrown it all away
If life is here before my eyes
Then I find it hard to see
Well you know that lies
Are the cancer... of democracy