There are bad men
In high places
Grins of power
On their faces
Lose no sleep
and leave no traces
one hand writes
while one erases, oh

     There's something going on here
     There's something going on around here
     There's something going on here
     There's something going on around here

There are "patriots"
in secret chambers
Persons who will
remain nameless
Secrets that could
shame the shameless
Do they watch me
as I play this song?

Chorus

Around here we learn
That it isn't our concern
We just wait our turn in democracy
To vote for tweedle-dum or vote for tweedle-dee
Around here we're free
To forget the things we see
Was it 1933?
Holding out in Germany
Were people just like you and me
Who did not speak
Who did not scream

Chorus

Prick up your ears
There's something going on