Todd Snider - Tension lyrics

[Chorus] Tension, tension, tension; it's all that I know I got tension out in traffic I got tension in my office I got tension, and it's everywhere that I go [Verse 1] After the bad guy k**ed off all the under-developed characters The good guy put a bullet right through his head The screenwriter stood up and told us That all the loose ends had been tied Justice is irrelevant, violent problems need violent solutions Cause in America we like our bad guys dead It's called box office, baby; it's bigger than the damn Stones [Chorus] Tension, tension, tension it's all that I know I got tension in my health food Tension in my exercise Tension, and it's everywhere that I go [Verse 2] Well, they roped off all of my problems And pointed their fingers at addiction Cause they know if you're doing the pointing Nobody's looking at you But you know this war on d** is funded By the tobacco and alcohol commissions It's not what d** you're strung out on they care about As much as whose You see, people, people still love d** They're bigger, hell, they're bigger than Rush Limbaugh [Chorus] Tension, tension, tension; it's all that I know I got tension in my cla**room I got tension in my courtroom I got tension, and it's everywhere that I go [Verse 3] When rock 'n' roll first came around, the preachers all went crazy But soon that wasn't enough to bring people in the door So now they jump on any scandal that they can to try and save me Cause they know I don't buy that crap About the devil's music anymore Abortion, that's what scares people these days And fear, oh fear is bigger than Elvis Aaron Presley