Flat Top (Live At The Academy, New York City, 1995)

[Verse 1]

Flat top intervention

Bringing home the new invention

See it there in pieces on the ground

A television war between the cynics and the saints

Flip the dial and that's whose side you're on

Sleeping on the White House lawn ain't never changed a thing

Just look at all the washed out hippie dreams

[Chorus]

And it's falling all around us

Is this some kind of joke they're trying to pull on us?

Falling all around us

I'll turn my head off for a while

[Verse 2]

The tabloid generation's lost, choking on its fear

Used to be that's all we had to fear

And conscience keeps us quiet and the crooked love to speak

There's knowledge wrapped in blankets on the street

A visionary coward says that anger can be power

As long as there's a victim on TV

[Chorus]

And it's falling all around us

Is this some kind of joke they're trying to pull on us?

Falling all around us

I'll turn my head off for a while

[Verse 3]

And my dirty dreams all come alive on my TV screen

And assassination plots show me what I haven't got

Show me what I love, what's wrong with my face?

Show me everything I need

Show it all to me

Show it all to me

[Chorus]

And it's falling all around us

Is this some kind of joke they're trying to pull on us?

Falling all around us

I'll turn my head off for a while

[Outro]

Hey, we'll see y'all later

Thanks a lot for coming

You guys were great, man

Thanks again