Lyrics Dark Time In the Revolution - Laurie Anderson
The
market
keeps
rising
up.
The
big
machines
control
the
sea
and
the
air
Those
big
machines,
they
gotta
go
somewhere.
So
we
keep
calling
em
up,
calling
em,
calling
em
up.
No
matter
what.
And
then
those
questions
come
up.
Like
was
the
Constitution
written
in
invisible
ink?
Has
everybody
here
forgotten
how
to
think?
Is
this
great
big
boat
starting
to
sink?
Pinpoint
nukes.
Ready
to
fight.
Dressed
to
kill.
Sure
we're
right.
Welcome
to,
welcome
to,
welcome
to
the
American
night.
We
just
keep
calling
em
up,
calling
em,
calling
em
up.
We
just
keep
calling
em
up,
calling
em,
calling
em
up.
No
matter
what.
You
know
Tom
Paine
wrote
the
first
best-seller
at
a
dark
time
in
the
Revolution
when
we
were
losing
and
all
the
soldiers
were
deserting.
Giving
up.
And
the
book
was
called
Common
Sense
and
it
was
really
just
a
long
list
of
questions.
And
one
of
the
questions
was:
Does
it
make
common
sense
for
an
island
to
rule
a
continent?
And
everybody
kind
of
went
hmmm
and
they
signed
back
up.
And
today
you
could
ask:
Does
it
make
common
sense
for
a
country
to
rule
the
world?
But
no
matter
what
your
answer,
no
matter
what
you
think,
no
matter
what
you
vote
for–
We
just
keep
calling
em
up,
calling
em,
calling
em
up.
No
matter
what.
We
just
keep
calling
em
up,
calling
em,
calling
em
up.
No
matter
what.
We
keep
callin
em
up,
callin
em,
callin
em
up.
We
keep
callin
em
up,
callin
em,
callin
em
up.
And
you
thought
there
were
things
that
had
disappeared
forever.
Things
from
the
Middle
Ages.
Beheadings
and
hangings
and
people
in
cages.
And
suddenly
they
were
everywhere.
And
suddenly
they're
alright.
Welcome
to,
welcome
to,
welcome
to
the
American
night.
We
keep
callin
em
up,
callin
em,
callin
em
up.
We
keep
callin
em
up,
callin
em,
callin
em
up.
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