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[Verse 1]
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Well it's nighttime and the long cars
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Are arriving at the door
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The general is having another party
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There's a congressman or three
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And some guys you never see outside the bank

[Instrumental]

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[Verse 2]
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There's a laughing    clink of glasses
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And a polished    click of boots
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And bitter talk of a country
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With a weakness   in its roots

[Chorus]
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And it's nighttime for the generals
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And the boys at the C.I.A
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Power gone mad in the darkness
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Thinking they're God on a good day
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They give - th, they take  - th
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But they like to take it away

[Instrumental]

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[Verse 3]
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"Well the fools don't know the difference
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It's for their own    good," they said
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And they shot      blind Lady Liberty
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In the back     of her head

[Chorus]

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And it's nighttime for the generals
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And the boys at the C.I.A
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Power gone mad in the darkness
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Thinking they're God on a good day
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They give - th, they take  - th
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But they like to take it away

[Instrumental]

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[Outro]

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They give - th, they take  - th
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But they like to take it away


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Nighttime,        nighttime,         nighttime