Presidential elections are planned distractions

To divert attention from the action behind the scenes

like a game of chess when the house is a mess

Or a petty money squabble when your marriage is in trouble

Or a football game when there's rioting in the streets



It's just another movie, another song and dance

Another poor sucker who never had a chance

It's just another captain going down with his ship

Just another jerk, taking pride in his work



I was a poor magician; I could never understand

You can't make tears disappear through sleight of hand

>From the bottom of my heart -- off the top of my head

Words were pulled like rabbits from a hat but nothing was said



Now my freedom's bought and paid for -- it lights up my living room

I got nothing more to prove; I've got no reason to move

And when I'm tired of the program -- when it's taken it's toll

I can press a button, change the channel by remote control