Arcade Fire - Blinded By The Right lyrics

You could be President if your daddy was first If your brother the governor had the power to coerce It's absurd but he could change laws so certain votes were heard For what it's worth, that "democratic" election could be yours Blinded by the Right It's the beginning of the end Now Big Brother is your friend The Patriot Act enacted allows the government in To see how you spend, read what you read, jail you indefinitely And defend they don't intend to end your personal privacy Blinded by the Right It's f**ed up being seduced by the coalition of Christ Ignore the Saudis though they backed the 9/11 attacks Why fight economic allies who share a border with Iraq Deceive and say Saddam hides weapons that might blow up the US Let's take him out instead, yeah, and make the Iranians next We'll feel good about ourselves though Bin Laden is on the run While Saddam Hussein appears as public enemy number one Conveniently forgetting it's the Saudis we should fight against Neglect the UN Ship kids and bring them back in a body bag Is it a quagmire yet? I'll bet this ain't as bad as it gets Just ask your local hero the homeless Vietnam Vet What was it like losing your friends fighting a cause that wasn't just? Well, son, it just was what it was, justice I never saw Blinded by the Right It's f**ed up being seduced by the coalition of Christ I wish my vote counted I wish my vote was counted I was Blinded, Blinded I wish my vote was counted Blinded, Blinded I was