Good Things

Little white lies, they hold little surprise Good things come in threes The places I haunt, the powers I taunt And the little I need, I need Where the arrogance of Presidents drive with the top down Pop singers bite bullets and Popes kiss the ground The most favored nations should be Atheists Not the penny pinch manipulators of the Fundamentalists Good things come in threes The places I haunt, the powers I taunt And the little I need For everyone spotted, ten get missed The deeper you look, the longer the list And the CNN calling card, Red Herring Day, "No news today" Somebody somewhere, indirectly directs them on their way Stand up the token figure and twist whatever they say Good things come in threes The places I haunt, the powers I taunt And the little I need Good things come in threes The places I haunt, the powers I taunt And the little I need Little white lies, they hold little surprise Pin it on no one, it doesn't matter anyway How many political despots worked for the USA? And who controls who, down South America way And who controls who, the modern Russian way Death in the streets, death is a project All in the weak, the poor, the rich, the racist Free thought should be looked upon as the enemy Because free thought went to jail, long ago, what a pity The Spider's Kiss, the White House Astrologists How many political despots worked for the CIA The Spider's Kiss, the White House Astrologists, yeah Fuck, it's the CIA Good things come in threes The places I haunt, the powers I taunt And the little I need Good things come in threes The places I haunt, the powers I taunt And the little I need Good things come in threes Good things come in threes Good things come in threes Good things come in threes Good things come in threes Good things come in threes Good things come in threes Good things come in threes Good things come in threes Good things come in threes --- Good Things - Public Image Ltd. and Paco Pil