Common Sense by J. Edgar Hoover Lyrics

I've got ideas that I want to see through and

I've yet to drop them though others throw them out

Evil bodies and hungry faces roam these streets

With virtues for taking but

Why pay for therapy when you've got at least

Eight hours and a car to drive

Cuz there's a level of distrust that you need to

Have common sense

I wish I didn't need common sense

I wish I didn't need common sense

I've got two ears and friends to lean on and

I think that's the most beautiful thing

J. Edgar Hoover had more ears than I do

And probably had more common sense, too

All the ideas shot down by his pistol now

Shouted by a whole new generation

Cuz there's a different kind of common sense

Tucked away in our heads and our songs

One day we'll get to bring them out

One day we'll get to bring them out