Things had changed when I got back

Every plate was broken

Screaming souls float from smokestacks

Every heart was choking

I called around for my friend Jack

Best friends are forever

But these politicians, lovin' money all float away like a feather

If I had wings it would not help

The good times are in the past now

I came to town all by myself

Kicking cans through piles of trash now

I called around for my friend Joe

Somebody I could count on

But these politicians, lovin' money

are just the kind of things he'd go down on

I found Sue in an alleyway

She was running from the bylaw police

She said, "I got to get out of town anyway; well, I'm 4 months behind on my lease"

She smelled just like an old friend

That someone I used to see

She said, “Between politicians, love and money

I will never feel free”

Me and Sue, we both knew

There was no judge here to save us

Found a little boy under a pile of toys

I said, "These gremlins are trying to bait us"

Made our way to an old van

Some way to hit the road

Between politicians, lovin' money

This boy's got no hand to hold

Well, me and Sue and boy named Blue

This kind of love's for real

If you find Jack tell him I ain't comin back

I think he knows just how I feel

If Lou shows up, you can tell him I give up

I don't really care what tales you tell

Cause these politicians, lovin' money

Are leaving crumbs on the road to hell

These politicians, lovin' money

Are leaving crumbs on the road to hell

These politicians, lovin' money

Are leaving crumbs on the road to hell