There's a panic on the streets
A reputation on a line
A revolution every minute
Nothing's gonna keep time
Ask why
Ask why

The president's understudy
Fluffing his cues
He sure must have the self-deception blues
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Ask why

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No-one ever looks at you straight in the face
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You're never at home but you're so outta place
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Ask why

The record's gotten scratchy
And there's dust in every groove
And the needle keeps on jumping
Everytime we make a move
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Ask why

They think they've caught the killer
And they kill him on first sight
Another kid gets murdered
Later on that night
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Ask why

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The truth is always hiding between the lines
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We're living it up in kaleidoscope time
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Ask why

No-one trusts the enemy
Right in our midst
Don't know what you did now
You're on the hit list

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No-one even cared to look up at the sky
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The world's photogenic and you're camera shy
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The world was in debt the day it died
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Life is so short and you might as well try to
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