| Why is it difficult to get things done
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| In the age of computers and communication
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| The powers that be say they can’t keep a hold
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| Of a world that is escalating out of control
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| Out on the street there’s a war going on
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| And everything’s going wild
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| But a bureaucrat says we’ve lost your file
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| So we’ll put you on hold for a while
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| Hey man, call the D.A., call the National Guard, call the president
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| Call anyone in the land of the free
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| 'Cos they ain’t gonna listen to me
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| Call the P.D., the emergency 'vacuation
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| The Dalai Lama, Kofi Annan
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| And they ain’t gonna listen to me
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| The voice on the 'phone says we’ll get right back
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| But they say all the computers are down
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| And the chief prosecutor had to go out of town
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| No one listen, nobody listens, no one listens to me
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| Now we’ve got you in the system
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| Somebody’s gonna get back to you
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| Then in a few more years we’ll give your case a review
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| No one listen, nobody listens, they ain’t gonna listen to me
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| Hey man, call the Government
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| Write to City Hall, United Nations
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| Tell the preacher at the missionary
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| 'Cos they ain’t gonna listen to me
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| Blame the hurricane, blame the drug trade, the economy
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| Blame the ghettos in the land of the free
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| 'Cos they ain’t gonna listen to me
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| They ain’t gonna listen to me
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| Everybody knows it’s a cryin' shame
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| How the little guy gets kicked around
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| Everybody I talk to agrees that if you wanna get heard it’s connections that
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| count
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| I was minding my business when a bad situation occurred, shock, horror and fear
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| Now the outcome is still unclear
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| Hey man, I am the innocent party here
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| They ain’t gonna listen to me
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| Tell the National Guard
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| Tell the talk show on the TV
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| Tell the winos in the old man bar
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| 'Cos they ain’t gonna listen to me
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| Now I’m stuck here in their system
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| They ain’t gonna listen, nobody listens
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| They ain’t gonna listen to me |