Political World

We live in a political world
 Where love don't have any place
 We're living in times where men commit crimes
 And crime don't have a face
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 We live in a political world
 Icicles hangin' down
 Wedding bells ring and angels sing
 And clouds cover up the ground
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 We live in a political world
 Wisdom is thrown into jail
 It rots in a cell misguided as hell
 Leaving no one to pick up the trail
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 We live in a political world
 Where mercy walks the plank
 Life is in mirrors, death disappears
 Up the steps into the nearest bank
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 We live in a political world
 Courage is a thing of the past
 The houses are haunted, children aren't wanted
 Your next day could be your last
 We live in a political world
 The one we can see and feel
 But there's no one to check, it's all a stacked deck
 We all know for sure that it's real
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 We live in a political world
 The cities are a lonesome fear
 Little by little, you turn in the middle
 But you're never sure why you're here
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 We live in a political world
 Under the microscope
 You could travel anywhere and hang yourself there
 You've always got more than enough rope
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 We live in a political world
 Turning and a-thrashing about
 As soon as you're awake, you're trained to take
 What looks like the easy way out
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 We live in a political world
 Where peace is not welcome at all
 It's turned away from the door to wander some more
 Or put up against the wall
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 We live in a political world
 Every thing's hers and his
 Climb into the flame and shout God's name
 But you're not even sure what it is