Government Constipation

Intro

Oh-oh

Mm-hmm

La la la la

Verse 1

I sit behind a marble desk

the memos pile and rot

Nobody moves nobody breathes

the whole machine is stopped

I sign a page I never read

the ink runs thick and slow

I push a lever pull a string

and watch the levers go

Pre-Chorus

Whatever it takes

whatever it takes

Chorus

Government constipation

nothing moves at all

Government constipation

watch the statues fall

I give the word

I give the sign

I take the blame

I take what's mine

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh

Na na na na

Oh-oh

Na na na na

Verse 2

A silent narration hums inside

a voice behind the voice

It tells the crowd a pretty tale

and gives them half a choice

They cheer the shape they think they see

they never ask the cost

I plant a seed inside the feed

and count the ones I've lost

Pre-Chorus

Whatever it takes

whatever it takes

Chorus

Government constipation

nothing moves at all

Government constipation

watch the statues fall

I give the word

I give the sign

I take the blame

I take what's mine

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh

Na na na na

Oh-oh

Na na na na

Bridge

A wasp with emerald shoulders

drills a hole inside the brain

She leads the little soldier home

and makes him march again

Persuasion is a contagion

I spread it hand to hand

A whisper here a rumor there

across a quiet land

Chorus

Government constipation

nothing moves at all

Government constipation

watch the statues fall

I give the word

I give the sign

I take the blame

I take what's mine

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh

Na na na na

Oh-oh

Na na na na

Na na na na