Liberty Lies

We've got a different kind of murder out here The man on my TV said A random kind of feeling starts to fill the air And we're left here to count the dead The next channel over Some ladies were talking From the Committee of Oh My God A woman stood up Started screaming about Satan The audience roared with applause And a pollyanna shouted A pollyanna cried A pollyanna leapt up With that sorrow in her eyes We've got liberty lies and refugees Big brass bands and amputees But there's hope for the hopeless If there's hope for me 'Cause baby I've been crawling I been crawling Liberty, lies and refugees And trembling hands and shaky knees But there's homes for the homeless If there's a home for me 'Cause baby I been crawling On the cable news network A fireman sobs Tears make tracks through the ash I look out my window To see if I'm being robbed See an overcoat ploughing through the trash We got Kentucky Fried Chicken We got an empty soup can We got noodles and rice from the cafe A man selling god Appears quoting scriptures The same way he does everyday We got pollyanna shouting And pollyanna cries We got pollyannas leaping With that sorrow in their eyes We've got liberty lies and refugees And big brass bands and amputees But there's hope for the hopeless If there's hope for me 'Cause baby I've been crawling Liberty, lies and refugees And trembling hands and shaky knees But there's homes for the homeless If there's a home for me 'Cause baby I been crawling It's like I'm walking through rome Tenements all torn apart Instead of Nero We got Madonna She's fiddling with herself Phrases and faces keep coming on through Put 'em on a microscope try to see 'em through Spin 'em round this way and spin 'em round that But there's birds in the air with long claws