Lansing Lies

Verse 1

White foam bubbling in the Flint water pipes

Ten years later and the kids still aren't feeling right

Big wheels hitting craters in the dark

Broken glass inside the local park

Potholes swallowing the axle whole

State house lizards buying votes with a hollow soul

Pre-Chorus

They keep the tax

They hide the facts

They sell the tracks

Chorus

Michigan money down the drain

Michigan money for the pain

Pave the roads

Pave the roads

Fix the ice

Pay the price

Lansing lies while the people die

Verse 2

Black plumes rising from the Zug Island fire

Corporate giants climbing up the copper wire

I saw the bridge funds turn to luxury suits

Drowning out the truth while they harvest the fruits

Budget meetings held behind the heavy gated locks

Stuffing twenty million in a cedar cigar box

Pre-Chorus

They keep the tax

They hide the facts

They sell the tracks

Chorus

Michigan money down the drain

Michigan money for the pain

Pave the roads

Pave the roads

Fix the ice

Pay the price

Lansing lies while the people die

Bridge

Broken concrete

Empty plates

Crooked numbers

Frozen lakes

Cold wind biting through the wool coat lining

Dirty palms itchy for the silver lining

Chorus

Michigan money down the drain

Michigan money for the pain

Pave the roads

Pave the roads

Fix the ice

Pay the price

Lansing lies while the people die