Hello

It's the same old story

The people stay broke while the few turn a profit

Kids need food, but they keep makin' rockets

Six rich guys wanna pick the world's pocket

How can we stop it?

Same old story

People want peace but the power insists that the fire can't cease

Born too late to fight in the middle east

But born just in time to fight in the middle east

It's the same old story

And every time we align our priorities

And start to learn that we should question our authority

A man in a suit points the finger of blame at his own least favourite minority

Same old story

Same old wars stay fightin' for glory

Same old men callin' shots since the forties

And they don't mind if the things get gory

Same old, same old story

It's the same old story

It's the same old story

The people are clear, we don't wanna hear

The same old

The scientists are sayin' that the climate needs savin'

(But what were they saying in 2010?)

The scientists were sayin' that the climate needs savin'

(Okay, but how about in 1995?)

The scientists were sayin' that the climate needs savin'

(But when I was growing up, they didn't say these things!)

The scientists were still sayin', since the 1950s, we need to quit playin'! (Oh my God)

It's the same old story

Same old wars stay fightin' for glory

Same old men callin' shots since the forties

And they don't mind if the things get gory

Same old, same old story

It's the same old story

It's the same old story

The people are clear, we don't wanna hear

The same old

(The situation is more complicated than it seems)

Gettin' real sick of the same old story

(If our friends on the other side of the aisle would just work with us)

Let me bring an end to the same old story

(But what am I supposed to tell my corporate donors?)

I just wanna finish this same old story

(Wait, don't write that down)

The people are clear (Who are?), we don't wanna hear

The same old

(I thought all of this was off the record)