They've all become so brazen in the con they're pulling off
They've forgotten why they ever learned to lie
Lining up to tell us what they think we want to hear
And smiling just to see what's gonna fly
Cause they never think much further than their pockets
And the names and the numbers on the checks
The smart money's got cherries on both sides of the pie
So there's always a favor owed on top
And while you'd think that paying for ads that trashed my sister
Would turn some legislation off - well
They never think much further than their pockets
And the names and the numbers on the checks
Down in the gutter with political influence
The corruption of campaigns and finance
And today's participants' free admittance that
This ball is how they all learned to dance
But they never think much further than their pockets
And the names and the numbers on the cheques
I read in the paper that things are getting better
But with all the flag pledging who to trust?
And when they cut the taxes on the rich to fix something
No one ever raises any fuss
But they never think much further than their pockets
And the names and the numbers on the checks
"There's no more words on the paper, Allard."
Your name and your number
Oh! We all know the press is most complicit
With their passive-voiced novelist dreams
(Who) ooh and aah all their days in DC eating
Sloppy seconds on the yachts that toss to sea
And they never think much further than their pockets
And the names and the numbers on the checks
With the fathers and the flag in the docket
Wouldn't you expect
A modicum of respect?
