Redaction VII (TEVMW) Lyrics

TRANSCRIPT:

North America's getting soft,

And the rest of the world is getting tough.

Very, very tough.

We're entering savage new times.

And we're going to need to be pure, and direct, and strong

If we're going to survive them.

Here stands America

With egg on her face.

Why? Why??
The CIA is involved

And probably the KGB.

With the Arabs and the Israelis sitting in the middle.

Do you play chess?

Yes, but I prefer a game with a better chance of cheating.

Someone's trying to inflame the Middle East

I'm flying to Paris to report to International Headquarters

If there was something for me to know, Ed,

They would have told me by now.

They? Who's they?

A lot of them come from universities.

Beatniks. Pukes. Anarchists. Perverts. Theatre people.

I'm an old confirmed Marxist.

But not especially pro-Soviet?

After what's happened?

Can I be President?

Don't be funny.

You've got to tell the people

What the government's planning to do to them!

I suppose you could look at it that way.

He's capable of any atrocity

Any unspeakable act.

He's beginning to sound like my father.

Time is all I have to gamble with.

You have so little.

And one day, I hope you will grow old,

And live in a house like this,

Full of shadows and memories,

And you will spend your time remembering

That in your country's hour of need,

You tried to stab it in the back!

You stood before the world, and lied!

It's understandable.

No one likes being blackmailed.

They're coming to get you!

There'll be a grand jury!

They'll indict you!

And there'll be a trial!

That'll go on forever!

We must find a man with perfect knowledge

Of Italian, French, and a

Complete understanding of nuclear science,

And the man must also be an expert sailor.

Please do your best.

I agree with you – guns are stupid.

But ours is a stupid world.

Now and then, there's a flash of justice.

Check him, see if he's armed.

It is more than theory, but less than a proven fact.

You should be grateful to be taken out of

This boring world of shoddy fakes and computer mentalities.