This dirty truth
What do you want to believe?
Out of your hands into the voting machine
Just think about
Think about mmmmm

This filthy truth
What do you want to believe?
Putting your hands into the voting machine
Just think about
Think about mmmmm

You can stick me in the ground
Plant a cross for me
Say that you were lost and found
Save a soul for me
You can try and take the hill
Like a dead man walking
Bribe me with a bill
Keep it all

The voting machine
The voting machine
The voting machine
The voting machine

This burning truth
What do you want to achieve?
Counting your hands into the voting machine
Just think about
Think about mmmmm

Wave your placards in the air
You can march for me
Clap your hands as if you care
Make a fool of me
You can hide behind a wall
Wear a mask for me
You can fight another war
For democracy

Gonna cut you with a tax
Like a razor blade
Keep the corporations fat
Gonna keep you laid
Twist the law and break the strike
Dictator calling
The land of the free
Keep it all

The voting machine...

If you want it then you have to promise me a future