Verse #1: (the general state of things)
I watched the news this very day
Searchin’ for a sign
That the crew in Washington
Could make priorities align
But the opposite occurred
Another bill was blocked
The winds of blame blew from both sides
Wish I could say I’m shocked
So, We the People, make a power play
Fire everyone who don’t earn their pay
If compromise makes you run away
We’ll come for you on election day

Chorus
We’re the left wing of a broken bird
And the right wing’s the one wants a turn
So please won’t someone shoot us down
Cuz we’ve been goin’ round and round


Verse #2: (the “war on women”)
This war on women’s got to stop
They’ve gone too far by miles
The thought that government holds sway
inside my womb is vile
Don’t reduce our health demands
To fodder for your speech
And if you think superstition
trumps science, we’ll impeach
When feminists are the enemy
Imagine who your friends must be
Don’t drag us back to 1950
You’ll regret it, I guarantee

Chorus
Cuz we’re the left wing of a broken bird
And the right wing’s the one causin’ a stir
So please won’t someone shoot us down
Or we’ll keep goin’ round and round

Verse #3: (vote NO)
On to civil rights, my friends,
Let’s marry all the gays
History will not be kind
To those who block the way
What do you call those who would
deny citizens rights?
Bigots, fools, zealotus tools
...And prob’ly rich and white
Let’s skip the somber civil unrest
You can’t deny some folks have been oppressed
Please stop this narrow-minded hateful quest
Accept that any kind of love is blessed

Chorus
We’re the left wing of a broken bird
And the right wing’s the one bein’ absurd
So please won’t someone shoot us down
Cuz we keep goin’ round and round

Verse #4: (everything else)
This rhetoric of fear, my friends,
Is no way to convey
The big ideas that fuel progress
In our democrac-ay
Just feed us facts and figures, friends
We’ll swallow what sounds sane
But don’t expect support for your
Perpetual campaign
Don’t double-talk the second amendment
Don’t defame the ninety-nine percent
Don’t speak in circles around our vets
Don’t forgive or let Wall Street forget
Your propaganda don’t pay my rent
If you’re not occasionally silent
To listen for any discontent
You don’t deserve to be president

Chorus:
We’re the left wing of a broken bird
And the right wing’s the one’ll never learn
So please won’t someone shoot us down
Cuz we keep goin’ round and round