(words and music by Joe Jackson)



Stop everything

I think I hear the President

The pied piper of the TV screen

Is gonna make it simple

And he's got it all mapped out

And illustrated with cartoons

Too hard for clever folks to understand

Yeah, they're more used to words like:

Ideology...

But they say it's not the issue

Ideology...

They're not talkin' 'bout right or left

They're talkin' 'bout...



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Right and wrong - do you know the difference

Right and wrong - do you know the difference

'Tween the right and the left and the East and the West

What you know and the things that you'll never see



So what ya think

You like the Yankees or the Mets this year

And what about this latest war of words

And what about the Commies

You know, I saw the news last night

All illustrated with cartoons

So when they come with that opinion poll

Yeah, they better not use words like:

Ideology...

Or try to tell me 'bout the issues

Ideology...

Whose side are you on

'Cause we're talkin' 'bout...



Chorus



Where are we?



Chorus



(C) 1986 Pokazuka Ltd. (ASCAP)