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!