We got summary executions all across the spectrum

We got a dialectic model that explains why someone's gotta die

On the paper they was perfect 'til the practice came along and wrecked 'em

Now someone's spilled blood red in our black and white





CHORUS

So when all the big ideas end up trampling down the small

And history's valiant struggle turns to a bloody savage brawl

Hard to left or hard to right, no matter where it falls,

When it comes to it, who's gonna be the first against the wall?





VERSE 2

I'd rather be a traitor to the revolution

Than one more soldier in a shiny uniform

'Cause ever since I learned what happened at Kronstadt

Those Trotskyists don't seem so cute no more





(CHORUS)





BRIDGE

I wouldn't trust you with a revolution,

I wouldn't trust you with a potted plant

You've got so many ways to cure my "bourgeois sentiments"

Somebody's talking 'bout extreme solutions

Well something tells me I've heard that before

I regret to say I'm not a Marxist anymore





(CHORUS)





When it comes to it, I guess I'll be the first against the wall

When it comes to it, I'll have to be the first against the wall