Story Behind The Song

We were upset at the way politicians often act in corrupt and criminal ways and get away with everything with a smile

Song Description

Talks about the fallacy of an honest political system and failure of the people to choose leaders wisely

Lyrics

There are times I wake between the sleep and light | When something seems so clear to me | That in the fight between wrong and right | So many of our soldiers sleep | As the smiles go marching on | | There are times I feel as though we're in a lab | And tests are run to see how we react | But a few of us look toward the skies | And see that there are laughing eyes | As the smiles go marching on | | We raise our voices to pull our comrades' eyes | To the startling visions that we had spied | But the sated puppets leap to shout us down | And speak of brighter hours coming round | For those who stare into the ground | | If I told you that the world is flat | In your local paper your T.V. set | Would you believe that you're truly free | If I spoke those words incessantly | With those chains on your mind and feet | Those chains on your mind and feet | | There are times when right is wrong | When it hates too much or waits too long | There are times when uncertain soldier's sleep | And wait to join the winning fleet | They'll follow though their footsteps lead | To be placed upon the killing feast for the mouth of the beast | | If I told you the world is flat | In your local paper your T.V. set | Would you believe that you're truly free | If I spoke those words incessantly | With those chains on your mind and feet | Those chains on your mind and feet | | I strode to vote on election day | Amid lives spinning toward early graves | Past the hunger and illiteracy | Past the racial and past disease | The cash in my wallet was the only sign I need | I pulled the lever and set my vote free | And let the smiles go marching on