Revisionist History Blues

One, Two, Three, Four The world ain't how it used to be When I was watching it on the TV screen When I went to school they taught to me A revisionist version of history Where MLK was never shot by the FBI And every war we've ever been in was justified Where the judges and the juries are colorblind And our worst days are all left behind But that is not the world I see When I look at what's right in front of me The cops keep killing while we all watch They get two weeks of paid time off We all still watch the genocide We look away when we get tired We still salute the war machine Until the soldiers come back and need somewhere to sleep Oh yeah This ain't the world you promised me You know it's nothing like you said it'd be We live to work Until we work till death For a CEO we've never met They said everyone trust the government 'cause criminals can't be presidents The politicians only represent The people who elected them But that is not the world I see When I look at what's right in front of me The bus they pull And then drop dead The rich get richer off their blood and sweat Everyone gets an atom bomb The people cheering clap along As the show begins The fever starts It's a whole nuclear holocaust I give you 24 hours to get out of town And that goes for you too If I see you here At the end of 24 hours You might as well be considered dead You understand? I'm not leaving And you might kill me for it If you do You can be sure of one thing Before I go down Before I go down Be-Before I go down I'll get you (Ah) I sell my life For pennies flat For someone else I'll break my tired back If I'm leaving You're coming too Before I go down I'm getting you Everybody! When we go down When we go down (Go down) We go down, together (Aahhh!) When we go down (Yeah-ah) When we go down (Yeah-ah-ha) We go down, together (Ah, Ah, Ahh!) Together (Alright) We go down (Yeah, yeah) We go down Together Alright!