all eyes on iowa

i watch the politicians dance

a vote is won by their romance

if with them you will cast your lot

a chicken dead in every pot

 

but government has changed its seat

and policy comes from wall street

where corporate clones are people too

and managed by and for the few

 

they bulldozed down the occupy

and changed the laws to satisfy

the money made they get to keep

and force our labor to be cheap

 

the politicians blame by name

the immigrant they try to shame

the scapegoat and the sacrifice

while wall street gobbles every slice

 

they hold the leash and wield the whip

the politicians aren’t equipped

to throw that monkey off their back

then turn to wall street and attack

as long as wall street has free range

i know that nothing’s gonna change

 

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