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