[Verse 1]
How ready are you
To die for an ideal?
What's the connection
Between a lie and what is real?
Mother Superior

[Pre-Chorus]
I've got an angel on my back
I'm one of the righteous
And I'm never going back
No, no, no
I'm never going back

[Verse 2]
Who's that shining forth-right man
About to die behind me
He's waiting for the portress to
Send me head over heels
Who's that black-heart four-star
General walking up the Hill
To ask the liberals nicely
To help, finance his private war

[Chorus]
And if I didn't trust that man
When he puts the rifle in your hand
Sings you songs of pageantry and grace
And how much you want to bet
On the other side
There's a man with twice your pride?
And they put you feet first in an
Unmarked grave
[Verse 3]
There was a time in our history
When we justified by saying
Our destinies manifest
Now imperialism is the mantra
Of the west

[Bridge]
See that trigger happy
College boys, love a chance
To try out their new toys
Then they wash the city streets
Clean, with the blood of infidels

[Chorus]
And if I didn't trust that man
When he puts the rifle in your hand
Sings you songs of pageantry and grace
And how much you want to bet
On the other side
There's a man with twice your pride?
And they put you feet first in an
Unmarked grave

[Outro]
As the fabric of democracy
Left tattered in the dust
We could put, another greedy man
Into the dictatorial
Puppet-show, now
Tell me, who do you trust?
Who do you trust?
[Bridge - Continued]
And an abominable hemisphere
Would perpetuate a heart-whole
Atmosphere
Call it a threat
To national security
Call it just a poor-sick face
One more place
To export cheap labor

[Chorus - Final]
Hail the monarchy
Hail the oligarchy
A potential for anarchy
And we pat ourselves
Firmly on the back