Political World (Bob Dylan)

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We live in a political world,
Love don't have any place.
We're living in times where men commit crimes
And crime don't have a face.
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We live in a political world,
Icicles hanging down,
Wedding bells ring and angels sing,
clouds cover up the ground.
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We live in a political world,
Wisdom is thrown into jail,
It rots in a cell, is misguided as hell
Leaving no one to pick up a trail.
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We live in a political world
Where mercy walks the plank,
Life is in mirrors, death disappears
Up the steps into the nearest bank.
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We live in a political world
Where courage is a thing of the past
Houses are haunted, children are unwanted
The next day could be your last.
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We live in a political world.
The one we can see and can feel
But there's no one to check, it's all a stacked deck,
We all know for sure that it's real.
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We live in a political world
In the cities of lonesome fear,
Little by little you turn in the middle
But you're never sure why you're here.
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We live in a political world
Under the microscope,
You can travel anywhere and hang yourself there
You always got more than enough rope.
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We live in a political world
Turning and a'thrashing about,
As soon as you're awake, you're trained to take
What looks like the easy way out.
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We live in a political world
Where peace is not welcome at all,
It's turned away from the door to wander some more
Or put up against the wall.
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We live in a political world
Everything is hers or his,
Climb into the frame and shout God's name
But you're never sure what it is.
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Bob Dylan
Copyright © 1989 Special Rider Music
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