Red Stars & Dollar Signs

In 1917, the Russian Revolution started with a bang The Tsars were overthrown when Lenin invoked Marx to unite common man But revolution failed, the Russian masses starved With a five-point attack, you'll see red With a five-point attack, you'll see stars With a five-point attack In 1689, John Locke defied the English aristocracy Frenchmen and Americans would later topple royal families But rich men still rule the world The aristocracy's back With a capital S and a vertical stripe You'll see me in my tower livin' the life With a capital S and a vertical stripe You'll see me in my tower livin' the life With a five-point attack, you'll see red With a five-point attack, you'll see stars Red stars and dollar signs Red stars raised the flag And closed out the world Dollars raised the fear And impelled the world The record is held In 1989, the Iron Curtain fell, dismantled in Berlin Socialists had lost the war as Capitalists slyly claimed the win And without an evil empire World domination could begin But Wall Street crashed, yeah! Red stars and dollar signs Red stars and dollar signs Should be aligned Red stars and dollar signs Red stars and dollar signs