Chris Velan - Oldest Trick lyrics

Gonna take more eyes than the eyes that you have in your head To see what's happening gonna take more teeth Than those in your mouth to chew it all down Gonna take more brains than the brains that you have in your skull To find the answers 'cause these days information stinks There are enough lies here to fool the Sphinx The newest version of the oldest trick It's been working since they wrote that book And you say that it makes you sick But not before that it made you look Gonna take more words than the words that can roll off your tongue To express that there is a way better than this to be free Gonna take more hands than the hands that grown on your arms To chip away the tired veneer It's thick as a myth You don't know what you're messing with The newest version of the oldest trick It's been working since they wrote that book And you say that it makes you sick But not before that it made you look Oh well, it started so long ago with Just a few rich men they Wanted to protect what they had but the Problem with freedom is Everyone wants some and If all are equal then the poor might get mad So they found enemies, built up mythologies To keep the people from snooping around It worked so well we can no longer tell Where the truth turns to dust who to k** who to trust The newest version of the oldest trick It's been working since they wrote that book And you say that it makes you sick But not before that it made you look