And the Government Will Protect the Mighty

And all the farmers went down

Their daughters married boys from town

And the prosperity we knew

Is rotting like a dead shoe

And the skills we used to have

Got more cramer than grandad

And coca-cola owns the lakes

And the police just break your legs

And the government, oh, protects the money

And the government, oh, protects the money

And the army has your face

And your religion and your race

The banks have took your house away

And saved your passions for the saints

And the government, oh, protects the money

And the government, oh, protects the money

And as your passions grind it down

And more planes break the speed of sound

The trees will briefly stand in green

Until they're chopped up for the steam

And the government, oh, protects the money

And the government, oh, protects the money

And the government, oh, protects the money

And the government, oh, protects the money