When the Boot Comes Down

You say your bill of rights is written in stone

But you turn your back and then it’s gone

In the blink of an eye - a wink and a lie

Distract and deny

That’s what they’re gonna do when the boot comes down!

Thugs and deceivers

Like all true believers

Succumb to the fever

The drug of deceit

And all those pied pipers paid to sleep at the wheel

Those kings and queens of compromise

They’re bidin’ their time and they’re towin’ the line

‘Til democracy dies

That’s how it’s gonna be when the boot comes down!

Do you trust them now?

Jail time, bail fines, bad signs, the state is a stage

So don’t threaten us with a good time

‘Cause the blacker the list, the sweeter the kiss

When it comes down to this

Ah, where you gonna be when the boot comes down?

When thugs and deceivers

Like all true believers

Succumb to the fever

We take to the street

Arise and defy

Awake and deny

Confront and decry

That’s what you gotta do when the boot comes down!