We'll be fighting in the streets,
with our children at our feet,
and the morals that they worship will be gone.
And the men who spurred us on
sit in judgement of all wrong,
they decide and the shotgun sings the song.
I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
take a bow for the new revolution,
smile and grin at the change all around,
pick up my guitar and play
just like yesterday,
and I'll get on my knees and pray.
We don't get fooled again.
The change it had to come,
we knew it all along,
we were liberated from the fold, that's all.
And the world looks just the same,
and history ain't changed,
'cause the banners were all flown in the last war.
I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
take a bow for the new revolution,
smile and grin at the change all around,
pick up my guitar and play
just like yesterday,
and I'll get on my knees and pray.
We don't get fooled again.
I'll move myself and my family aside,
if we happen to be left half alive,
I'll get all my papers and smile at the sky,
though I know that the hypnotized never lie.
YEAH
There's nothing in the streets
Looks any different to me
And the slogans are replaced, by-the-bye
And the parting on the left
Are now parting on the right
And the beards have all grown longer overnight
I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
take a bow for the new revolution,
smile and grin at the change all around,
take up my guitar and play
just like yesterday,
and I'll get on my knees and pray.
We don't get fooled again no no.
YEAH
meet the new boss.
Same as the old boss.