From the West Virginia mines to the Big Uneasy
Motor City slums to the ports of Californy
People everywhere are getting down in the mouth
About an infestation in the big White House

Got the capitalist blues
Oh so bad
Worst damn sickness that the country's ever had

Ain't no use in having natural resources
When they're all bought and sold by outside forces
From the oil in the well to the coal in the mountain
The worker's no account when the rich man's countin'

Got the capitalist blues
Oh so bad
Worst damn sickness that the country's ever had

Ashes to ashes and dust to dust
There ain't a news show around that we can trust
The terror alert manipulates our fearin'
All in the name of war profiteerin'

Got the capitalist blues
Oh so bad
Worst damn sickness that the country's ever had

Hey mister billionaire president man
Couldn't find 'em in Iraq so they must be in Iran
Like Orwell said it's a war without end
More good folks'll die to line the pockets of your friends

Got the capitalist blues
Oh so bad
Worst damn sickness that the country's ever had

Senators, congressmen, and bureaucrats too
This land belongs to us as much as to you
Tarred and feathered you'll hang your head in shame
And find a new line of work once the country's been reclaimed

Got the capitalist blues
Oh so bad
Worst damn sickness that the country's ever had