Revisionist History Blues

Two, Three, Four

The world ain′t how it used to be

When I was watching it on the TV screen

When I went to school they taught to me

A revisionist version of history

Where MLK was never shot by the FBI

And every war we've ever been in was justified

Where the judges and jury′s are colorblind

And our worst days are all left behind

But that is not the world I see

When I look at what's right in front of me

The cops keep killing and we all watch

They get two weeks of paid time off

We all still watch the genocide

And look away when we get tired

We still solute the war machine

Until the soldiers come back and need somewhere to sleep

Oh yeah

This ain't the world you promised me

You know it′s nothing like you said it′d be

We live to work

Until we work to death

For a CEO we've never met

They said everyone trusts the government

′cause criminals can't be president

And politicians only represent

The people who elected them

But that is not the world I see

When I look at what′s right in front of me

The poor stay poor

And then drop dead

The rich get richer off their blood and sweat

Everyone gets an atom bomb

The people cheer and clap along

As the show begins

The fever starts

It's a whole nuclear holocaust

I sell my life

For pennies flat

For someone else

I'll break my tired back

If I′m leaving

You′re coming too

Before I go down

I'm getting you

Everybody!

When we go down

When we go down

(Go down)

We go down, together

(Aahhh!)

When we go down

(Yeah-ah)

When we go down

(Yeah-ah-ha)

We go down, together

(Ah, Ah, Ahh!)

Together

(Alright)

We go down

(Yeah, yeah)

We go down

Together

Alright!