These bastards stole their power From the victims of the us v. them years Wrecking all things virtuous and true The undermining social-democratic Downhill slide into abysmal Lost lamb off the precipice Into the trickle-down runoff pool They hypnotized the summer, 1979 Marched into the capital Brooding, duplicitous, wicked and able Media-ready, heartless And labeled super US citizen, super achiever Mega ultra power-dosing Relax defense, defense, defense, defense Yeah, yeah, yeah, fuck (Yeah, yeah, yeah) Ignoreland (Yeah, yeah, yeah) Ignoreland (Yeah, yeah, yeah) The information nation took their clues From all the sound-bite gluttons 1980, '84, '88, '92 too, too How to be what you can be Jump jam junking your energy How to walk in dignity with throw-up on your shoes They amplified the autumn, 1979 Calculate the capital Up the republic my skinny ass TV tells a million lies The paper's terrified to report Anything that isn't handed on a presidential spoon I'm just profoundly frustrated by all this So, fuck you, man Fuck 'em (Yeah, yeah, yeah) Ignoreland (Yeah, yeah, yeah) Ignoreland If they wasn't there we would have created them Maybe it's true But I'm resentful all the same Someone's got to take the blame I know that this is vitriol No solution, spleen-venting But I feel better having screamed Don't you? They desecrate the winter, 1979 Capital collateral Brooding, duplicitous, wicked and able Media-ready, heartless And labeled super US citizen, super achiever Mega ultra power-dosing Relax defense, defense, defense, defense Yeah, yeah, yeah, fuck (Yeah, yeah, yeah) Ignoreland (Yeah, yeah, yeah) Ignoreland (Yeah, yeah, yeah) Ignoreland (Yeah, yeah, yeah) And that take us out of the record And into the revolution Take it