Political World

We live in a political world

Love don't have any place

We're living in times where men commit crimes

And crime don't have a face

We live in a political world

Icicles hanging down

Wedding bells ring and angels sing

And clouds cover up the ground

We live in a political world

Wisdom is thrown into jail

It rots in a cell, misguided as hell

Leaving no one to pick up a trail

We live in a political world

Where mercy walks the plank

Life is in mirrors, death disappears

Up the steps into the nearest bank

We live in a political world

Where courage is a thing of the past

Houses are haunted, children are unwanted

The next day could be your last

We live in a political world

The one we can see and can feel

But there's no one to check, it's all a stacked deck

We all know for sure that it's real

We live in a political world

The cities of a lonesome fear

Little by little you turn in the middle

But you're never sure why you're here

We live in a political world

Under the microscope

You can travel anywhere and hang yourself there

You always got more than enough rope

We live in a political world

Turning and a'thrashing about

As soon as you're awake, you're trained to take

What looks like the easy way out

We live in a political world

Where peace is not welcome at all

It's turned away from the door to wander some more

Or put up against the wall

We live in a political world

Everything is hers or his

Climb into the frame and shout God's name

But you're never sure what it is