Liberty Lies - David Baerwald

We’ve got a different kind of murder out here

The man on my TV said

A random kind of feeling starts to fill the air

And we’re left here to count the dead

The next channel over

Some ladies were talking

From the Committee of Oh My God

A woman stood up

Started screaming about Satan

The audience roared with applause

And a pollyanna shouted

A pollyanna cried

A pollyanna leapt up

With that sorrow in her eyes

We’ve got liberty lies and refugees

Big brass bands and amputees

But there’s hope for the hopeless

If there’s hope for me

'cause baby I’ve been crawling

I been crawling

Liberty, lies and refugees

And trembling hands and shaky knees

But there’s homes for the homeless

If there’s a home for me

'cause baby I been crawling

On the cable news network

A fireman sobs

Tears make tracks through the ash

I look out my window

To see if I’m being robbed

See an overcoat ploughing through the trash

We got Kentucky Fried Chicken

We got an empty soup can

We got noodles and rice from the cafe

A man selling god

Appears quoting scriptures

The same way he does everyday

We got pollyanna shouting

And pollyanna cries

We got pollyannas leaping

With that sorrow in their eyes

We’ve got liberty lies and refugees

And big brass bands and amputees

But there’s hope for the hopeless

If there’s hope for me

'cause baby I’ve been crawling

Liberty, lies and refugees

And trembling hands and shaky knees

But there’s homes for the homeless

If there’s a home for me

'cause baby I been crawling

It’s like I’m walking through rome

Tenements all torn apart

Instead of Nero

We got Madonna

She’s fiddling with herself

Phrases and faces keep coming on through

Put 'em on a microscope try to see 'em through

Spin 'em round this way and spin 'em round that

But there’s birds in the air with long claws