Key: E
Introduction: Em G Em G
G Am D
Be nice if we could have our cake and eat it
G D
Though that's impossible to do
G Em D
But too many have invested in this outcome
Em G Em D
They simply can't afford for it not to come true
G Am D
We ceded too much power to the market
G D
Let it decide what's right or wrong
G Em D
Now everyone seems willing to lent credence
Em G Em D
And truth is so devalued, it's going for a song
Em G D
Not everything that counts can be counted
Em Am
Holds the markets to account
Em G D
Not everything that counts can be counted
Em Am Em
Not everything that can be counted counts
Interlude
Em GEm D
Verse
G Am D
People have had enough of experts
G D
And their inconvenient facts
G Em D
Here's what the media really won't tell ya
Em G Em D
Exactly who it is that's taking control back
G Am D
All opinions are equal
G D
In the free market of ideas
G Em D
And truth is nothing more than an opinion
Em G Em D
That's the garnered the most likes, provoked the loudest cheers
Em G D
Not everything that counts can be counted
Em Am
Holds the markets to account
Em G D
Not everything that counts can be counted
Em Am Em
Not everything that can be counted counts
Interlude
Em GEm D
Verse
G Am D
There isn't really any room for dreamers
G D
If you have principles that's nice
G Em D
The market isn't interested in values
Em G Em D
Except for those it can define as price
G Am D
All bow to the power of the market
G D
Till it throws up a different face
G Em D
If you're not white or male or compliant
Em G Em D
The system is designed to keep you in your place
Em G D
Not everything that counts can be counted
Em Am
Holds the markets to account
Em G D
Not everything that counts can be counted
Em Am Em
Not everything that can be counted counts