No one loves merit like the meritless America's parrots shopping for whatever narrative Makes it imperative to take out all the trash Then you're asking where's the art, where's the soul (While your boot's on its throat) Break your part, change your role (Or live your whole life by rote) Where'd you start? What's the goal? (The top deck doesn't float) Having heart takes a toll (& we're all in the same boat)

Maximize shareholder return on medication Maximize shareholder return on fighter jets Maximize shareholder return on transportation Maximize shareholder return on the internet & if you start to doubt, turn on telecommunications They'll remind you what you think Do you feel reassured because the people all around you Insist that we've retreated from the brink? & if you don't agree cause you know better than me, roll up your sleeves Tell me I'm wrong in a song as good as this one

Wade in the water Wade in the water, children Wade in the water God's gonna trouble the water