Well, the courthouse emptied out
The jurors all went home
The lawyers said "guilty"
The cops were on their own
The soldiers left the camp
Weapons lay in heaps
Generals disappeared
The prisoners were freed
'Cause somebody, somebody told
They told the truth to somebody
Somebody told the truth to somebody
Somebody told
They told the truth to somebody
Somebody told the truth
Well, the theaters shut their doors
The radio went dead
The stadiums were silent
Not a word was said
The dots were all connected
The lines were barely drawn
The secrets, like the kitten
Were left out in the dawn
'Cause somebody, somebody told
They told the truth to somebody
Somebody told the truth to somebody
Somebody told
They told the truth to somebody
Somebody told the truth
The starving men and women
For once they got their fill
The children of the highway
Were high up on the hill
The politicians vanished
They must have caught a plane
The clandestine policemen
Were left out in the rain
I sat down on the curbstone
I rubbed my eyes and coughed
I rubbed my wrists and ankles
And I thanked the Lord above
That somebody, somebody told
They told the truth to somebody
Somebody told the truth to somebody
Somebody told
They told the truth to somebody
Somebody told the truth
Somebody, somebody told
They told the truth to somebody
Somebody told the truth to somebody
Somebody told
They told the truth to somebody
Somebody told the truth