Everybody Knows It

from The Good Years by The Messenger Birds

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They bought your word and sold you out while you tried to save your skin
On a platform built on subterfuge and old world politics
Now you want to take my taxes to cover up your lies
While mothers hold their children tight and watch them as they die

And everybody knows it
Yeah, now you're in the open

There's people drinking water out of a poisoned well
These men go work their double shifts and still can't pay their bills
They've got no other option, the choice is death or death
But you still tried to dress it up, make it seem like it's not so bad

Everybody knows it
Yeah, now you're in the open

Everybody knows it
Now you're in the open

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from The Good Years, released August 13, 2016

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