Flat Top (Live At The Academy, New York City, 1995)

[Verse 1]
Flat top intervention
Bringing home the new invention
See it there in pieces on the ground
A television war between the cynics and the saints
Flip the dial and that's whose side you're on
Sleeping on the White House lawn ain't never changed a thing
Just look at all the washed out hippie dreams

[Chorus]
And it's falling all around us
Is this some kind of joke they're trying to pull on us?
Falling all around us
I'll turn my head off for a while

[Verse 2]
The tabloid generation's lost, choking on its fear
Used to be that's all we had to fear
And conscience keeps us quiet and the crooked love to speak
There's knowledge wrapped in blankets on the street
A visionary coward says that anger can be power
As long as there's a victim on TV

[Chorus]
And it's falling all around us
Is this some kind of joke they're trying to pull on us?
Falling all around us
I'll turn my head off for a while

[Verse 3]
And my dirty dreams all come alive on my TV screen
And assassination plots show me what I haven't got
Show me what I love, what's wrong with my face?
Show me everything I need
Show it all to me
Show it all to me

[Chorus]
And it's falling all around us
Is this some kind of joke they're trying to pull on us?
Falling all around us
I'll turn my head off for a while

[Outro]
Hey, we'll see y'all later
Thanks a lot for coming
You guys were great, man
Thanks again