Story Behind The Song
This song is by a 77-year-old unreconstructed radicals who still believes in love, peace and freedom.
Song Description
Politicians don't care about me or my family, they lie, they're greedy, they break promises, they steal from the poor, profit from a war, etc.
| Song Length |
4:05 |
Genre |
Folk - Contemporary, Pop - Alternative |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Outraged, Infuriated |
Subject |
Liberal, Progressive, Politics |
| Similar Artists |
Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
IT'S TIME TO SAY GOOD-BYE
1.
Don't try to tell me
What you're gonna do.
I just don't believe you.
It can't possibly be true
That you give a damn about me
Or about my family.
I ask a simple question
And how do you reply?
With a complicated answer
That's just another lie.
Don't tell me any more.
I've heard it all before.
How many promises
are you allowed to break
Before another vote for you
is a terrible mistake?
Don't try to fool me.
I've seen behind the curtain.
I don't know the hour
But the outcome is certain.
You've told too many lies.
Now it's time to say good-bye.
2.
You paint a pretty picture
Of domesticated bliss.
But when I look around me,
What the hell is this?
There's trouble everywhere
And you don't seem to care.
You say there is no money
To care for all our needs.
Well, I don't think that's funny
And I'm blamin' it on your greed.
I want you out of the way.
I want you gone today.
When you were elected
did you think your work was
done?
And was it just another way
of having a little fun?
Don't try to con me
With words that do not rhyme.
Get thee behind me.
I haven't got the time
To hear your phony stories,
Your plans for future glories.
3.
Lurking in the shadows
Where evil hides and grows,
You and all your cronies
Thrive on human woes,
Profiting from a war
While stealing from the poor.
So when they come to get ya
And drag you off to jail
While a lynch mob is agatherin'
And the judge refuses bail
Don't come running to me.
You'll get no sympathy.
There is gonna come a day
when the light will shine on you.
You will try to slink away
but I'm keepin' my eye on you.
Don't try to charm me.
Better not even try.
You're never gonna disarm me
And here's the reason why:
You've told too many lies.
Now it's time to say good-bye.