FUNNY

1.

C.I.A. how big it's grown
but friends, it hasn't been so long
it wasn't big

But back in 1947
the N.S.A. gave Rienhard Gehlen's
spies a gig

So velcome comrade enemy
vitout you, vere vould ve be
vit our spy biz?

You may not think that this is true
but friends, between me and you
it really is

And funny, shit happens
we've been played for fools
and because we weren't watching
they followed no rules

2.

In Iran in '53
ol' Mosadeg just couldn't see
it was our oil

When they nailed Arbenz in '54
free Guatemala was no more
we owned their soil

Through the years the list goes on
I guess their job is never done
they get so bored

From Laos to Afghani hills
the poppy flowers paid the bills
a just reward?

And funny, peculiar
this ain't taught in class
We read books by Tom Clancy
and sit on our ass

3.

And what a bunch of real sweet guys
these cocaine smugglin' Nazi spies
needed a job

And 'cause they dealt in guns and drugs
and hung out with real low life thugs
we got the Mob

And in the year of '63
a president named Kennedy
declared he would

Bust the Comp'ny in a thousand parts
and toss the pieces off the charts
all gone for good

But funny, he didn't
he didn't live out the year
And for those who might try it
the message was clear

4.

For nearly fifty years, you see
the watchword's been security
now true means false

So why don't we just can these crooks
and write the truth in history books
and end this waltz?

The time has come to face the facts
these covert ops and sneak attacks
that we pay for

Can serve no real human need
and hot or cold, it's guaranteed
that war is war

And funny, I wonder
when will we get our fill?
Let's clean out that whole rat's nest
before more blood gets spilled

C.I.A. how big it's grown...

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