Police State Songtext
von Selwyn Birchwood

Police State
(Selwyn Birchwood, Selwyn Birchwood Music
Admin. by Eyeball Music, BMI)

Sayin′ you got the right to remain silent
Seems they got the right, lord, to remain violent
Gotta shake these shackles before it's too late
Or we′ll be trapped in a police state
If we don't learn from history
Lord it's bound, bound to repeat
Take a look around ya, what do you see?
A nation buzzing with brutality
Sayin′ you got the right to remain silent
Seems they got the right, Lord, to remain violent
Gotta shake these shackles before it′s too late
Or we'll be trapped in a police state


Can′t ignore the headlines
Citizens getting beat
Can't help but wonder
Who′s policing the police?
How does this happen in the land of free?
Got us heated up and mad enough
To protest it in the street
Sayin' you got the right to remain silent
Seems they got the right, Lord, to remain violent
Gotta shake these shackles before it′s too late
Or we'll be trapped in a police state

I'm not talkin′ bout black
I′m not talkin' bout white
I just wanna do my part to bring the dark
The darkness to the light
I′m not talkin' bout left
Don′t wanna hear about right
I'm talkin′ bout wrong and right
And the sacrifice of innocent human life
With a right to remain silent
Seems they got the right, Lord, to remain violent
Gotta shake these shackles before it's too late
Or we'll be trapped in a police state
Or we′ll be trapped in a police state
Or we′ll be trapped in a police state