I wanna eat when I’m hungry, I wanna sleep when I’m tired
But then along comes The Man to legislate my desire
Tellin’ me what I should know, showin’ me what I should see
Tellin’ me where I should go, tellin’ me who I should be
To live your life manipulated by whatever force that’s hangin’ around
Well you can call me crazy, but if that’s sane
you can call me the Mayor of Crazytown
A thousand new recruits are goin’ out everyday
To try to receive what they can never repay
Suckin’ the last of the blood out of the earth
Tramplin’ all of the rubies into the dirt
The only long-term investment they make is in a hole in the ground
Well you can call me crazy, but if that’s sane
you can call me the Mayor of Crazytown
I wake up every morning and I have a cup of brew
Then I stand around dumbfounded because I got nothing to do
You got the market cornered, you got it all sewed up
You got the piledrivers drivin’, I hear them comin’ over the horizon
The old men plan, the old men frown
They say for freedom the young must lay their lives down
The freedom to make peace by wagin’ a war
To show other lands how civilized they are
The freedom of the old to send the young to lay their lives down
Well you can call me crazy, but if that’s sane
you can call me the Mayor of Crazytown
Well I wake up every morning and I have a cup of brew
Then I stand around dumbfounded, ’cause what can I do?
You got the waterfront covered, you got it all sewed up
You got the piledrivers drivin’, I see them comin’ over the horizon
We got our feet on the same planet, we’re breathin’ the same air
But when the whip comes down, all similarities end there
There’s a gunman at the border, there’s a line drawn in the sand
Which entirely determines if you got a givin’ or a takin’ hand
Depending on the colour of your skin, the god you worship
and from what country you’re bound
And you can call me crazy, but if that’s sane
you can call me the Mayor of Crazytown
Depending on the colour of your skin, the god you worship
and what’s in your account
And you can call me crazy, but if that’s sane
you can call me the Mayor of Crazytown
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