the powers that be

There ain't no way we 'll lose it This is our life, this is our song We'll fight the powers that be just Don't pick our destiny, 'cause

what happened as I let it slip I was confused by the powers that be, forgetting names and faces,

Oh, back on the chain gang The powers that be That force us to live like we do

Searching for a visa out of necessity Searching for a visa, oh how furious it makes me Searching for a visa, a blow from the powers that be Searching for a visa, what else can I do

I, I go my own way I swim against the stream Forever I will fight the powers that be

Gotta give us what we need Our freedom of speech is freedom or death We got to fight the powers that be Lemme hear you say

No one's safe The powers that be are so sick and deranged Clean the streets

Time after time when you got a thing for watches When you the plug in the socket (Yes) And the powers that be can't stop it So obnoxious, borderline toxic

Daddy's gone, my brother's out hunting in the mountains Big John's been drinking since the river took Emmy-Lou So the powers that be left me here To do the thinkin'

So she rans to the arms of America And she kissed the powers that be And someone told me

It's an old story that is going on for a while But doesn't end, just like Turandot [the opera] The powers that be: open accounts but close the ports Steal money, impossible to oppose them

Day after day your home life's a wreck, the powers that be just breathe down your neck.

Still on the run from the karma police You were the mission that's given to me By the powers that be minus Devil, G-O-D

My head is bursting, I've got to change everything. I'm looking for the button, meet The Powers That Be. Force the land into happiness, buy banks and broadcasters.

Mercy Mercy Show me mercy, from the powers that be Show me mercy, can someone rescue me?

Injustice is taking it all in in its stride Oppressors are preparing for the next ten thousand years The powers that be keep telling you: everything remains the way it is No-one dares raise their voice, only that of the ruling class can be heard

Better make it quick We ain't got a lot of time 'Cause the powers that be Don't want us free

Not a chance they stand against The powers that be, ancient to see Across the roads of grim morning frost

I would've told you the truth It could've found its way Through the powers that be I just want you to see

I lived in a shack And was a trouble maker The powers that be were thiefs that started the war