Amanda Palmer - The New Game lyrics

rate me

Now we're going to play a game

that's lots of lots of fun

i learned it from my auntie

who learned it from my uncle

my uncle has a secret job

in washington dc

something fancy

with the government

i hear he knows the president

first you line up in a row

and count "eeny miney moe"

there are guards

and there are prisoners

and this is how it goes

(key change!)

1,2,3

you are free

and the rest must come with me

who are you

are you a witch

no you are a terrorist

if you think that you aren't

you can tell us who you are

but if you are not on the list

then you are a terrorist

and the terrorists get totured

even if no proff exists

because we can't take any risks

and the terrorists get ordered

to get back in line

so we can play the game a second time

if you're just a pacifist of some kind of activist

then you are a terrorist

why it says so on the list

if you're a writer or artist

or a lover facticist

then you are a terrorist

'cause it says so on the list

and the terrorists get tortured

whether or not they want to play

because they're guilty anyway

and the terrorists get murdered

unless the terrorists insists he is not a terrorist

but we can't find you on the list

are you a doctor or a priest

i'm a right-wing journalist

so you are a terrorist

if you're a fat capitalist

or a neo-nazi facist

we can find you on the list

and you're not a terrorists

isn't this an easy game

anyone can play it

people of all ages

genders, creeds,(?) and races

play it with a couple or a giant group

entire continents can play

the rules don't change they stay the same

but once the game is done

and someone's won

there is a variation that is almost just as fun

1,2,3

come with me

and the terrorists are free

if you lose and get left over

then you are a sympathizer

if you are a singer-songwriter

or a union-organizer

bet your bottom-dollar

you will be a sympathizer

and the sympathizers must be punished

even worse than terrorists

as an example for the kids

sympathizers must be banished

so to find out which is which we must refer back to the list

if you're a church administrator or a corporate stockholder

or a nuclear arms maker you are not a sympathizer

if you're not a sympathizer

be a terrorist, okay

you have to be one or the other

or we have no game to play!