When the worst ideas you ever heard
Get popular endorsement
When nothing is a felony
Except for law enforcement
When politicians can’t recall
The promises they made
When offering to give and take
They only give you shade
When calamities continue
And the media is thrilled
When the pedestals are empty
And the hospitals are filled
When disruptions are permitted
But no praying in the pews
When you need the information
But you can’t believe the news
When the folks who write the laws
Are out there breaking every rule
When education’s needed
But the kids can’t go to school
When the government is funded
By the doers and the payers
But their interests are abandoned
By the governors and mayors
When your character is measured
By the people that you meet
From the t-shirt that you’re wearing
Or some long-forgotten tweet.
When you’re feeling kind of tipsy
But you ain’t done any drinking
When you haven’t got a notion
What the other guy is thinking
When your Timex takes a licking
And you’re feeling kind of stressed
But there’s nowhere you can go
To have your grievances redressed
When you think you’re the majority
But haven’t any choices
Don’t you think it’s getting time
To stand and raise your voices?