Words and music ℗ © Susan Weber, BMI.  All Rights Reserved.

They tell you what you want to hear.
They tell you what you want to know.
They hang you by the chandelier.
They’re killing off the buffalo.
Conspicuous corruption rides again.

They got you digging up their gold.
They got you fighting for the pie.
They got you doing what you’re told.
You got your perfect alibi.
Conspicuous corruption rides again.

Carpetbaggers swagger into town.
Somebody swore they tore the levee down.
A lady had her baby in the storm.
She had that baby right outside your door.

You got a horse you better ride.
You got your boots you better run.
You got a conscience better hide.
They got religion
they got religion
they got religion in their guns.