Love And Rockets - Ball of Confusion (live) lyrics

People moving out, people moving in Why? Because of the colour of their skin Run, run, run but you just can't hide An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth Vote for me and I'll set you free Rap on, rap on, brother, rap on Well, the only person talking about love today is the preacher And it seems nobody's interested in learning but the teacher Segregation, determination, demonstration, integration Aggravation, humiliation, devastation of our nation Ball of confusion That's what the world is today, hey, hey Ball of confusion That's what the world is today, hey, hey The sale of pills are at an all-time high Who put the fillin' in the pie in the sky The cities aflame in the summer time And the beat goes on And the beat goes on And the beat goes on Economics, Reaganomics, birth control, the status quo Shooting rockets to the moon, kids growing up too soon The politicians say And the band played on So, 'round and around and around we go Where the world's headed, nobody knows Ball of confusion That's what the world is today, hey, hey Ball of confusion That's what the world is today, hey, hey Hey, hey Fear in the air, tension everywhere Unemployment rising fast ([...] price of gas) And the band played on And the band played on And the band played on And the band played Eve of destruction, tax deduction, city inspectors, bill collectors Solid bold in demand, population out of hand, suicide Too many beers, hippies movin' to the hills People all over the world are dying in the war And the band played on And the band played on And the band played on And the band played Ball of confusion That's what the world is today, hey, hey (hey) Ball of confusion That's what the world is today, hey, hey Ball of confusion (ball of confusion) That's what the world is today, hey, hey (hey) Ball of confusion (ball of confusion) That's what the world is today, hey, hey Ball of confusion, ball of confusion Ball of confusion, ball of confusion Ball of confusion That's what the world is today, hey, hey Hey, hey Hey, hey Hey, hey Ball of confusion That's what the world is today, hey, hey Ball of confusion That's what the world is today, hey, hey Hey, hey Hey, hey Hey, hey Hey, hey Hey, hey