Cookie Jar Politics

Verse 1

Check the news and what do I see

Another senator swimming in lobbyist tea

Diamond cufflinks on a polyester suit

Says he's for the people but he don't give a hoot

Promises flyin like confetti at a parade

Then he votes against the lunch money aid

Shakes every hand from the pulpit to the pier

Then bills me for the handshake next year

Pre-Chorus

Tell me how you sleep at night

With that marble floor and the neon light

Tell me how you smile so wide

With a hundred ghosts on the other side

Chorus

He's a suit and a tie and a slick back grin

Shakin every baby while he took the win

Pocket full of favors and a plastic crown

Talkin bout the people while he tears em down

He's a suit and a tie and a slick back grin

Pinky in the cookie jar again and again

Got a seafood dinner and a ten-car parade

Sellin off the future and callin it a trade

Verse 2

Had a town hall last Tuesday night

Stood up on the stage with his monogrammed kite

Somebody asked about the water in Flint

He said that's quite a question let me take a hint

Now his calendar's full til the next election

New yacht named The Connection

Campaign donors get a golden token

Every promise broken since the first one spoken

Pre-Chorus

Tell me how you sleep at night

Golden toilet in the pale moonlight

Tell me how you raise your hand

And swear you're servin while you steal the land

Chorus

He's a suit and a tie and a slick back grin

Shakin every baby while he took the win

Pocket full of favors and a plastic crown

Talkin bout the people while he tears em down

He's a suit and a tie and a slick back grin

Pinky in the cookie jar again and again

Got a seafood dinner and a ten-car parade

Sellin off the future and callin it a trade

Bridge

I voted for the man on the poster wall

Turned out the poster was a photograph y'all

He waved at the camera smiled real neat

Then ate the whole budget like a four-course treat

Chorus

He's a suit and a tie and a slick back grin

Shakin every baby while he took the win

Pocket full of favors and a plastic crown

Talkin bout the people while he tears em down

He's a suit and a tie and a slick back grin

Pinky in the cookie jar again and again

Got a seafood dinner and a ten-car parade

Sellin off the future and callin it a trade