| Look at all the people in their living rooms
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| With their eyes all glued to the evening news
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| Catch 'em at a moment when they’re all afraid
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| And then sell them well on the plans you’ve made
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| All the citizens who listen and believe
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| Falling just the same
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| Falling into line 'cause we did not know
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| Of the bait and switch and the shadow show
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| When you faked the truth
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| To make your claims
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| You played our fears
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| For your own gain
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| Then we needed a leader and you’re all we had
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| So we told ourselves you were not that bad
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| You took the opportunity to have your way
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| While our wounds still bled we were led astray
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| All the the fears that came descending on us then
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| Falling just the same
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| Falling like the towers in a cloud that hung
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| So it blocked our view and it hid the sun
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| When our eyes were down
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| In all that pain
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| With your slight of hand
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| You cast the blame
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| You said that it was over when it had just begun
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| Saying, job well done as if the war was won
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| But all of us are watching as the numbers climb
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| Of the killed and injured, dead and dying |
| All the soldiers that have fallen in this war
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| Falling just the same
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| Falling for the trick that you played on us
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| When you made those lies and betrayed our trust
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| As if this war
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| Was just your game
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| You’re breaking down
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| Our country’s name |