D Padded with power here they comeEm G International loan sharks backed by the gunsD Of market hungry military profiteersEm G Whose word is a swamp and whose brow is smearedD Em G With the blood of the poor [Verse 2]D Who rob life of its qualityEm G Who render rage a necessityD By turning countries into labour campsEm G D Em G Modern slavers in drag as champions of freedom [Verse 3]D Sinister cynical instrumentEm G Who makes the gun into a sacramentD The only response to the deificationEm G Of tyranny by so-called "developed" nations'D Em G Idolatry of ideology [Verse 4]D North south east westEm G Kill the best and buy the restD It's just spend a buck to make a buckEm G You don't really give a flying fuckD Em G About the people in misery [Chorus]A IMF dirty MFA Takes away everything it can getA Always making certain that there's one thing leftA D Em G D Em G Keep them on the hook with insupportable debt [Verse 5]D I see the paid-off local bottom feedersEm G Passing themselves off as leadersD Kiss the ladies shake hands with the fellowsEm G And it's open for business like a cheap bordelloD Em G And they call it democracy, and they call it democracyD Em G And they call it democracy, and they call it democracy [Verse 6]D You see the loaded eyes of the children tooEm G Trying to make the best of it the way kids doD One day you're going to rise from your habitual feastEm G To find yourself staring down the throat of the beastD Em G They call the revolution [Chorus]A IMF dirty MFA Takes away everything it can getA Always making certain that there's one thing leftA D Em G Keep them on the hook with insupportable debt.D Em G And they call it democracy, and they call it democracyD Em G And they call it democracy, and they call it democracyD Em GD Em GD Em GD Em G
They Call It Democracy
Bruce Cockburn
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