The Truth (Live at Union Hall) Lyrics

I was arrested for disturbing the peace

But, hey, I was disturbing the war

I was waving a small white handkerchief

Saying "Please don't fight no more"

And I thought there'd be an army each side

But there was just two guys wearing very bad ties

So I shouted until my throat went hoarse

They cut out my voice box of course

I was taken to court in a city of gold

Where silence is a sure sign of guilt

Where you can't speak out in your own defense

Or be heard over worlds being built

And the trial was a farce as befitted a place

Where comedy and tragedy share the same face

The judge read the verdict, a curtain was raised

An audience roared out its praise

And I said

"Where's the truth around here today?

Where do fact and fiction separate?

Who's the big guy that we have to pay

To find the truth

To find the truth?"

It all made the news but the story was wrong

And the photo wasn't even of me

And the great God I love, he intoned from above

"You shouldn't sniff at free publicity"

But it wasn't the voice I'd expected to hear

It was thin and unclear like Richard Gere

Somebody said "God's had a bad fall

That's his manager taking his calls"

And I said

"Where's the truth around here today?

Where do fact and fiction go their separate ways?

I know that we're much too clever to pray

To find the truth

To find the truth?"

I was put in a cell for the whole afterlife

But my mind was just as free as could be

Somebody said, "Just your body's enchained"

And that encouraged me

So I wandered and roamed for the rest of my days

I was clearing my name, I was apportioning blame

But when I woke up, it was all a dream, all was well

When I woke up, I woke up in my cell

And I said

"Where's the truth around here today?

Where do fact and fiction separate?

No-one wants to be the one to say

Where's the truth

In this world today?"