Government Constipation

Intro

Mm

Mm-hmm

Oh-oh

Yeah

Chorus

Deadlock in the capital

Nobody moves nothing

Papers pile up to the ceiling

(Or whatever it takes)

Proclamation on the podium

Read it loud read it hollow

Promises stacked like pallets

(Or whatever it takes)

Post-Chorus

Say it say it say it again

Say it say it say it again

Verse 1

I briefed the men in suits

A silent narration running underneath

Emerald wasp in the garden

Stings a roach then walks it home

Led by the antennae

Never by the hand

So I steer the whole chamber

With a whisper and a nod

Promise them a ribbon

Promise them a plaque

Tricky talk and tailored ties

I twist the room in half

Pre-Chorus

Spin it left spin it right

Tell them what they want tonight

Feed the rumor kill the light

Chorus

Deadlock in the capital

Nobody moves nothing

Papers pile up to the ceiling

(Or whatever it takes)

Proclamation on the podium

Read it loud read it hollow

Promises stacked like pallets

(Or whatever it takes)

Post-Chorus

Say it say it say it again

Say it say it say it again

Verse 2

A soul tone hums in the hallway

Low and long and patient

Misinformation travels faster

Than the truth can walk

I hand out little fictions

Wrapped up like a gift

Twist the crowd one direction

Then I twist them back again

Stiff as stone the offices

Constipated clocks

Nobody signs nothing

Nobody clocks out

Sitar hums a warning

Pan flute calls the kids

Tabla taps the tempo

Of a system on the skids

Pre-Chorus

Spin it left spin it right

Tell them what they want tonight

Feed the rumor kill the light

Chorus

Deadlock in the capital

Nobody moves nothing

Papers pile up to the ceiling

(Or whatever it takes)

Proclamation on the podium

Read it loud read it hollow

Promises stacked like pallets

(Or whatever it takes)

Bridge

Alto saxophone crying in the rotunda

Solo guitar answering slow

Triumphant drums for a stalled-out machine

Epic for a room that won't go

A silent narration

A silent narration

Whoever listens loses

Breakdown

Ch-ch-chasing the vote

Ch-ch-chasing the vote

Spin it spin it spin it

Twist it twist it twist it

Chorus

Deadlock in the capital

Nobody moves nothing

Papers pile up to the ceiling

(Or whatever it takes)

Proclamation on the podium

Read it loud read it hollow

Promises stacked like pallets

(Or whatever it takes)

Post-Chorus

Say it say it say it again

Say it say it say it again

(Or whatever it takes)