Silly little girl makes a video
Tilts her head so cute and tired
As the steam rises from the grates And outside the Big House
The reporters scatter round
Like packs of nervous birds
Behind the steely gates And let the steam rise up
And let the people wise up
As I drive down Pennsylvania Avenue Let the steam rise up
And let the people wise up
As I drive down Pennsylvania Avenue The young debark at Union Station
New suits and bright eyes
And a gleam to aspire
And/or to acquire And the elders on the street
Watch the town cars in their fleet
Pa** to use the last of them
'Fore they expire And let the steam rise up
And let the people wise up
As I drive down Pennsylvania Avenue Let the steam rise up
And let the people wise up
As I drive down Pennsylvania Avenue Chipped paint on historic slum
A drum beat
So short so sweet
The hunger for a dance that will feel new But the trend that brings them here
Is to be a part of History
Which means all will be the same
When they are through But let the steam rise up
Let the people wise up
As I drive down Pennsylvania Avenue Let the steam rise up
Let the people wise up
As I drive down Pennsylvania Avenue Lighting flash above the dome
It lights the homes upon the Hill
Just for a moment a stop
A shock a sign And for that moment all are still
As they hesitate to find the will
To rise above the guise of love
While there is time And let the steam rise up
Let the people wise up
As I drive down Pennsylvania Avenue Let the steam rise up
And let the people wise up
As I drive down Pennsylvania Avenue Silly little girl makes a video
I watch it from my bed
As the light streams in
Between the monument and the grey As the vendors, tenders
Menders, benders
Spenders and amenders
All rise to seek the hope within a brand new day And let the steam rise up
Let the people wise up
As I drive down Pennsylvania Avenue Let the steam rise up
And let the people wise up
As I drive down Pennsylvania Avenue As I ride down Pennsylvania Avenue
As I rise up Pennsylvania Avenue (Fade)