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(Part 1: too many details)

Too many details
to fit into our busy schedules
Laws passing through congress
Without even being read

There's too many details
to fit into our busy schedules
News anchors too busy
Or too well fed

Too busy filling up
the morning coffee cup
Too busy putting on
the theatrical make-up
Too busy preparing
for the next dress rehearsal --
Too busy preparing
for the next election commercial

There's too many details
to fit into their busy schedules
There's laws passing through congress
Without even being read

There's too many details
to fit into their busy schedules
Even the news anchors are either too busy
Or too well fed


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(Part 2: it's just a game)

Somebody’s taken my nation
somebody’s taken control
away from all the good people
meant to be running the show

I went to my senator, said "senator man
I've got some things I just don't understand
I look around me and the things I see
Leave me with questions I just can let be

Is it true people are dying
Is it true we turn our backs?
Is it true we close our eyes
Is it true -- are these the facts?"

He looked at me
started a smile
Said "dear boy,
just listen awhile
When you look around you --
the things you see
It is just the way the gods
meant it to be

Ya see, I made you, God made me
Don't try to change society
I know you're young --
you don't know what you say
But if you don't like it kid -- move away

It's just a game
Would you like to play?
It's just a game --
I can teach you today
There's just one rule
So hear what I say
'If the truth hurts kid --
Just look away'"
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So I sat myself down
and thought awhile
Looked in his eyes
and at his smile
I said "sorry sir,
I guess I thought too loud
I'll leave you now
and join the crowd
So I closed my eyes --
buttoned my snout
Dropped my soul
and sold out

It's just a game
Would you like to play?
It's just a game --
I can teach you today
There's just one rule
So hear what I say
'If the truth hurts kid --
Just look away'"
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Now I think I understand
What it takes to be a grown man
I got to turn my back
close my eyes
live my life
dressed in disguise
Now I look around
and all I see
Is gold, good looks,
and fantasy

It's just a game
Would you like to play?
It's just a game --
We can teach you today
There's just one rule
So hear what we say
If the truth hurts kid --
Just look away
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Love and money --
its all the same
Do all you can
to win the game
Spend your nights
praying for luck
To hustle the girls
and win the bucks
You're doing all you can
You're a grown man
And it's just a game

It's just a game
Would you like to play?
It's just a game --
We can teach you today
There's just one rule
So hear what we say
If the truth hurts kid --
Just look away
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(Part 3: salute and adorn)

We made you
God made us
Don't try to change
That in which we trust

Salute and adorn
Lift up a new born
Support the reform
if its uniform
with the platform
provided by
schizo form
business
lobbyists

It's just a game
Would you like to play?
It's just a game --
We can teach you today
There's just one rule
So hear what we say
'If the truth hurts kid --
Just look away'"
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All Lyrics Copyright Stefan Christian Densmore 2005,  All rights reserved.