Bamboozled

We've been bamboozled and hoodwinked

Yeah, left bleeding in the backstreets

I tell you, boys, they've been lying right from the start

All the promises and big talk

They've been shouting from the rooftops

Man, that ain't worth nothing

And, brother, nothing won't get you far

Well, come gather round, and please state your name

Let the record reflect that we've all been played

This is a meeting of the masses, and it's time

We laid it all out

You put in an honest day's work, but only the crooked get paid

Yeah, and everybody sees it, but they just look the other way

Well, I think I've seen enough, and I tell you

It makes me wanna shout

We've been bamboozled and hoodwinked

Yeah, left bleeding in the backstreets

I tell you, boys, they've been lying right from the start

All the promises and big talk

They've been shouting from the rooftops

Man, that ain't worth nothing

And, brother, nothing won't get you far

Well, you can hate another race in the name of our Lord

And you can treat an entire gender like they're second-class whores

You could lie and steal and cheat your way to the top

If you follow my lead

But don't you bother me with truth, or what's decent or right

Man, those are silly ideals that only suckers hold tight

You say this ain't what you wanted

Yeah, well I say it's the New American Dream

We've been bamboozled and hoodwinked

Yeah, left bleeding in the backstreets

I tell you, boys, they've been lying right from the start

All the promises and big talk

That fool's been shouting from the rooftops

Man, they're just the ravings of a madman

With a plastic heart