[includes quotes from Bolero (Ravel), The Battle Hymn Of The Republic (Steffe/Howe) and Happy Days Are Here Again (Yellen/Ager)]
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[Warner Theatre, Washington DC
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February 9, 1988
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Music Hall, Cleveland, Ohio
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March 5, 1988
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Unknown location & date]
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(Pinch it good!
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You know, that confinement loaf is real good stuff
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Hey, you oughta try some!)
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They got lies so big
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They don't make a noise
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They tell 'em so well
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Like a secret disease
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That makes you go numb
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With a big ol' lie
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And a flag and a pie
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And a mom and a bible
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Most folks are just liable
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To buy any line
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Any place, any time
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When the lie's so big
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As in Robertson's case,
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(That sinister face
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Behind all the Jesus hurrah)
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Could result in the end
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To a worrisome trend
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In which every American
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Not "born again"
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Could be punished in cruel and unusual ways
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By this treacherous cretin
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Who tells everyone
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That he's Jesus' best friend
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When the lies get so big
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And the fog gets so thick
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And the facts disappear
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The Republican Trick
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Can be played out again
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People, please tell me when
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We'll be rid of these men!
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Just who do they really
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Suppose that they are?
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And how do they manage to travel as far
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As they seem to have come?
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Were we really that dumb?
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People, wake up
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Figure it out
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Religious fanatics
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Around and about
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The Court House, The State House,
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The Congress, The White House
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Criminal saints
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With a "Heavenly Mission" -
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A nation enraptured
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By pure superstition
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Do you believe in the Invisible Army?
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(Yes, indeed!)
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When the lie's so big
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And the fog so thick
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And the facts kept forgotten
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Then the Republican Trick
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(Ketchup is a vegetable!)
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Can be played out again
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People, please tell me when
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We'll be rid of these men!
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When The Lie's So Big
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Frank Zappa |