The Poisonjester's Mask

There was tear gas in the poisonjester's mask

Shed a tear, dear, for the clown

Who tried to fight fire with water

It went down on the ten o'clock news



I bought the paper and walked back to where I parked

The man on the movie theater steps

Can always find his needle

But I wonder where's the thread



Chorus

How much more can we bear

Till the way is paved

For the revolution

There'll be nothing left unchanged



Tonight I'm tired and I'm worn, so I consent

To cede control to the remote

To wrap me in its airtight void

And keep me from my own



Chorus



We fight just wars and we build just walls

We raise cities and make cities fall

We raise children and we write their names

On granite walls, we don't like losing games



Chorus