Bob Dylan - Political World lyrics

We live in a political world,

Love don't have any place.

We're living in times where men commit crimes,

And crime don't have a face.

We live in a political world,

Icicles hanging down,

Wedding bells ring and angels sing,

clouds cover up the ground.

We live in a political world,

Wisdom is thrown into jail,

It rots in a cell, is misguided as hell,

Leaving no one to pick up a trail.

We live in a political world

Where mercy walks the plank,

Life is in mirrors, death disappears

Up the steps into the nearest bank.

We live in a political world

Where courage is a thing of the past,

Houses are haunted, children are unwanted,

The next day could be your last.

We live in a political world,

The one we can see and can feel,

But there's no one to check, it's all a stacked deck,

We all know for sure that it's real.

We live in a political world,

In the cities of lonesome fear,

Little by little you turn in the middle

But you're never sure why you're here.

We live in a political world,

Under the microscope,

You can travel anywhere and hang yourself there,

You always got more than enough rope.

We live in a political world,

Turning and a-thrashing about,

As soon as you're awake, you're trained to take,

What looks like the easy way out.

We live in a political world,

Where peace is not welcome at all,

It's turned away from the door to wander some more,

Or put up against the wall.

We live in a political world,

Everything is hers or his,

Climb into the frame and shout God's name,

But you're never sure what it is.