Party hacks and swift-boating talk-show whores
Look at all the lies it takes, the job of making kings
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Put it on the television screens, they'll believe it
It's a beautiful thing
It's a beautiful thing
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While the profiteers count their cash and praise Jesus
The press sings another Chorus, ?Let Freedom Ring?
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Believe the lies with all our hearts
It's a beautiful thing
It's a beautiful thing
Dissension is a song only fools and traitors sing
Just look at all the benefits that global economy brings
Today we sing the gilded age's song
The 20th century's dead and gone
It's a beautiful thing
It's a beautiful thing
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I live in a land of hope and betrayal
I get up each morning and try to tell the tale
And so, until my dying day, whatever fate may bring
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Somehow I still believe in the goodness of man
It's a beautiful thing
It's a beautiful thing
It's a beautiful thing
It's a beautiful thing