Clay Aiken: Voting doesn't work

Voting doesn't work, 1-2-3 It's time you know your enemy I won't pledge allegiance to hypocrisyYour democracy, is not for me So when we try to change this placeCourtroom pulls an about face Fantasies of the master raceOur elections they erase See once upon a time we were all free When we lived in tribal societiesPeace, peace and harmony And everything for the good of family Yeah cancer people can't smoke weed People voted to be free But the facist rule decreePigs arresting you and me (chorus) Voting doesn't work. why?When they don't like what we say, then they stop it in the courts Voting doesn't work. why?When they don't like what we say, then they stop it in the courts Voting doesn't work. why?When they don't like what we say, then they stop it in the courts Voting doesn't work. why?When they don't like what we say, then they stop it in the courts President this, president that Represent the ruling class One says this (this) one says that (that)Sounds the same, what choice is that See, voting doesn't work 1-2-3 Coming from the nation of the Cherokee How can you choose when you don't have a choice How can you choose when you don't have a voice Yeah, interest games, their interest ratesSecret power fueled by hate (hate)Fear for cashCash for fear Greenspan is the ruler hereYeah, a pig is a pigAnd they took it away And I don't give a fuck about the things they say It don't mean shit to me Voting doesn't work it's easy to see thatVoting doesn't work. why?When they don't like what we say, then they stop it in the courts Voting doesn't work. why?When they don't like what we say, then they stop it in the courts Voting doesn't work. why?When they don't like what we say, then they stop it in the courts Voting doesn't work. why?When they don't like what we say, then they stop it in the courts Voting doesn't work I have seen Along with piles of broken treaties Your reality produces poverty, spiritually in a nation of greed Well, who is working, who is notThink votes count, well I think not Doesn't matter what we say Things will always go their way Power to the people is just a fantasyAnd they sell to us as an american dream Power to the people is just a fantasyAnd they sell to us as an american dream Well your vote counts 1-2-3Living in democracy Everybody here is free 'Cause it's built for you and it's built for me Voting doesn't work, why When they don't like what we say they stop it in the courts Voting doesn't work, why When they don't like what we say they stop it in the courts Voting doesn't work, why When they don't like what we say they stop it in the courts Voting doesn't work, why When they don't like what we say they stop it in the courts