Verse
B Fb B
God bless the bureaucrat and the lawyer, too
G#m Fb
They're public punching bags. But someone’s gotta do it
C#m B F# G#m
It's not so sexy, the procedure or the truth
B F# Fb B
I say God bless the bureaucrat and the lawyer, too
[Verse 2]
Fb B F# B
The House Intelligence Committee piles on
G#m F# Fb
They'd love to know what Rosenstein has on the boss
C#m B A# G#m F#
But it’s just for cameras, yeah, it's just a show of force
B F# Fb B
Y'all know he can't comply, But that's the point, of course
[Chorus 1]
G#m B
So they call him Mister Peepers
F# D#m
As the thugs all smash his glasses
G#m B
Going full Lord of the Flies
F# D#
Burning this island down to ashes
G#m B F# D#m
What's the rule of law if we can't agree on what a fact is?
G#m B F#
There ain't nothing here to see, folks, move along, move along
[Solo]
G#m F# Fb D#m C#m B
[Verse 3]
B
Thank God for facts
Fb B
They’re stubborn things indeed
G#m F# Fb
But little cowboys will try cases on TV
C#m B
It doesn’t make it so,
F# G#m F#
Because you make believe
B F# B Fb B
You can't lose in court and appeal on Hannity
[Verse 4]
B F# B
The distinguished wrestler from Ohio,
G#m F# Fb
He’s free to lie, he's not the one who's under oath
C#m B
The law don't suit the boss
F# G#m
This Deputy must go
B F# B
We got him in the locker room, boys
Fb B
Start the show
[Chorus 2]
G#m B
So they call him Mister Peepers
F# D#m
Send some thugs to smash his glasses
G#m B
If he’s gone and peeped the wrong thing
F# D#
Then they'll burn his name to ashes
G#m B
What's the rule of law
F# D#m
If we can't establish what a fact is?
G#m B F#
There ain't nothing here to see, folks, move along, ah move along
B F# Fb B C#m B
F# B C#m G#m F#
[Bridge]
C#m G#m
They say it dies in the dark
F# C#m
Right now, they're trying to kill it in broad daylight
Fb G#m
Can flashlights really fight bombs?
F#
We'll see
Fb
Right now
[ Solo ]
G#m B F# D#m
G#m B F# D#7
Bm B F# D#m
G#m B F# B
[Verse 5]
B
You boys are Christians, right?
Fb B
What would Jesus do?
G#m F# Fb
Would he bury crimes and carry water like a stooge?
C#m B F# G#m
Or smear a family man in case he tells the truth
B F#
About the boss?
B Fb B
Yeah, what would Jesus do?
[Chorus 3]
G#m B
Would he call him Mister Peepers?
F# D#m
Send some thugs to smash his glasses?
G#m B
The institution's standing tall
F# D#
Though we tried our best to trash it
G#m B
Aren't we all the keepers
F# D#m
Of this fragile young Republic?
G#m B F#
And when all those Mister Peepers people fall…
G#m F# B F# B
Lord help us all