Somebody Told The Truth

the courthouse emptied out
the jurors all went home
the lawyers eased their guilty hearts
the cops were on their own

the soldiers left their camps
the weapons lay in heaps
the generals dissappeared
the prisoners were freed

SOMEBODY
SOMEBODY TOLD
THEY TOLD THE TRUTH TO SOMEBODY
SOMEBODY TOLD THE TRUTH

SOMEBODY
SOMEBODY TOLD
THEY TOLD THE TRUTH TO SOMEBODY
SOMEBODY TOLD THE TRUTH

the theaters emptied out
the radios went dead
the stadiums were silent
& not a word was said

the dots were all connected
the lines were barely drawn
the secrets night kept hidden
were left out in the dawn

SOMEBODY
SOMEBODY TOLD
THEY TOLD THE TRUTH TO SOMEBODY
SOMEBODY TOLD THE TRUTH

SOMEBODY
SOMEBODY TOLD
THEY TOLD THE TRUTH TO SOMEBODY
SOMEBODY TOLD THE TRUTH

the starving men & women
for once recieved  their fill
the children of the highway
were singin' on the hill

the politicians vanished
they must have caught their plane
the clandestine policeman
stared out in the rain

I sat down on the curbstone
I rubbed my eyes & coughed
i rubbed my wrists & ankles
& i thanked the lord above

SOMEBODY
SOMEBODY TOLD
THEY TOLD THE TRUTH TO SOMEBODY
SOMEBODY TOLD THE TRUTH

SOMEBODY
SOMEBODY TOLD
THEY TOLD THE TRUTH TO SOMEBODY
SOMEBODY TOLD THE TRUTH

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