People See Through You

You've got covert action Prejudice to extremes You've got primitive cunning And high-tech means You've got eyes everywhere, but People see through you You've got good manipulators Got your store of dupes You've got the idiot clamour Of your lobby groups You like to play on fears, but People see through you You've got instant communication Instant data tabulation You got the forces of occupation But you don't get capitulation, 'cause People see through you People see through you People see through you People see through you You've got the sounding brass You've got the triumph of the will You do what you want to And we pay the bills You hype the need for sacrifice, but People see through you You've got anti-matter language contrived to conceal You've been lying so long you don't know what's real You're a figment of your own imagination And people see through you You've got lip-service tributaries You've got death-fetish mercenaries You hold the tickets to the cemetaries You're big and bad and scary But people see through you People see through you People see through you People see through you --- People See Through You - Bruce Cockburn