Rich Man's Road

Quiet whispers in the dark

Do you hear ‘em too?

Proverbial red telephones

And leaky Oval rooms

Do you know about it?

Do you know about it?

Soldiers off to battle

Sacrificing for

The voices in the ether

Who don’t have to fight the war

Do you know about it?

Do you know about it?

Do you know about it?

Do you know about it?

Do you know about anything

That doesn’t keep you sleeping in the night?

And who’s making all the dollar the signs?

And who’s making all the headlines?

And who’s got a way to navigate me

Through the left and right?

‘Cause everybody knows

It’s a poor man’s walk on a rich man’s road

A first-world girl

A house of second class

Walls in all directions

And a ceiling made of glass

Cultured in a culture

I could never understand

Nobody blames my clothing

For the actions of a man

Do you know about it?

Do you know about it?

Do you know about it?

Do you know about it?

Do you know about anything

That doesn’t keep you sleeping in the night?

And who’s making all the dollar the signs?

And who’s making all the headlines?

And who’s got a way to navigate me

Through the left and right?

‘Cause everybody knows

It’s a poor man’s walk on a rich man’s road

And what about the man

Who works hard to stay in line

‘cause one wrong place and time

Could lose a life for petty crime

And our records look the same

But his skin don’t look a thing like mine

Have you read about it?

Tell me what do you know about it?

Do you know about it?

Do you know about it?

Do you know about anything

That doesn’t look you straight-faced in the eye

And who’s making all the dollar signs?

And who’s making all the headlines?

And who’s got a way to navigate me

Through the left and right?

‘Cause everybody knows

This ain’t the way it’s supposed to be

Ain’t the way it’s supposed to be