Electric Six - Dark Politics Lyrics






Ooh!

Dark politics leads to the best drag
If you're sad about the mess we're in
For all the negatives about the Reichstag
Look what it did for East Berlin
Authoritarians beget subversion
Remember this when you get bummed out
So give your pretty painted eyes up to a virgin
As the fire rubs another one out on you
Ooh yeah!

When night just fell we've been here before
We can't find the keys to turn off the war
But the optimist in me is never sad
The glass is half full but the water tastes bad
'Cause the big lie has already spread
And nobody cares how many books you've read
So just enjoy yourself and make some art
Then set it on fire and rip it apart

Smile! Smile!
It will be dark here for a good long while
And ooh there will be times when you want to die
Smile! Smile!
And even though you may be oozing bile
And ooh it's neutralised by the salty tears you cry

When Baron Von Shnitzel turned the last oven off
He left the lights on for Baron von Stroganoff
Who hopped the next junket down to Argentina
He had a baby boy who became a ballerina
She had enough one day and she joined the circus
She came to America, was forced to twerk
She had enough again and after some persistence
She switched teams and she joined the resistance
She danced for the emperor, danced for the king
Danced for the president, it's all the same thing
And when she got close enough to be on his arm
She became love in the form of a bomb BOOOM
Hey!
Woo!

Smile! Smile!
It will be dark here for a good long while
And ooh there will be times when you want to die
Smile! Smile!
Even though you may be oozing bile
And ooh it's neutralized by the salty tears you cry

The apocalypse will be televised
The revolution will be tossed aside
So pledge your allegiance to fat white guys
While the snowflakes run and hide
The streets are all filled with fire
As the soldiers come marching in
So just mind the fences and the barbed wire
And make nice with the side that wins
And oooooh! Oooh!

Dark politics walks the long plank
We'll go further than Tiananmen Square
For every Chinaman who stares down a big tank
There's a billion who just don't care
Now the hangman rings the broken bell
And the reaper he leads the dance
And the world spins around like a carousel
Never plays the musical chairs

Smile! Smile!
It will be dark here for a good long while
And ooh there will be times that you want to die
Smile! Smile!
And even though you may be oozing bile
And ooh it's neutralized by the salty tears you cry
Yeah!





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Electric Six Dark Politics Comments
  1. C.... ....

    One of the best E6 songs!

  2. A.... ....

    This song shreds

  3. O.... F....

    Dark politics leads to the best drag
    If you're sad about the mess we're in
    For all the negatives about the Reichstag
    Look what it did for East Berlin
    Authoritarians beget subversion
    Remember this when you get bummed out
    So give your pretty painted eyes up to a virgin
    As the fire rubs another one out on you
    Ooh yeah!

    When night just fell we've been here before
    We can't find the keys to turn off the war
    But the optimist in me is never sad
    The glass is half full but the water tastes bad
    'Cause the big lie has already spread
    And nobody cares how many books you've read
    So just enjoy yourself and make some art
    Then set it on fire and rip it apart

    Smile! Smile!
    It will be dark here for a good long while
    And ooh there will be times when you want to die
    Smile! Smile!
    And even though you may be oozing bile
    And ooh it's neutralised by the salty tears you cry

    When Baron Von Shnitzel turned the last oven off
    He left the lights on for Baron von Stroganoff
    Who hopped the next junket down to Argentina
    He had a baby boy who became a ballerina
    She had enough one day and she joined the circus
    She came to America, was forced to twerk
    She had enough again and after some persistence
    She switched teams and she joined the resistance
    She danced for the emperor, danced for the king
    Danced for the president, it's all the same thing
    And when she got close enough to be on his arm
    She became love in the form of a bomb BOOOM
    Hey!
    Woo!

    Smile! Smile!
    It will be dark here for a good long while
    And ooh there will be times when you want to die
    Smile! Smile!
    Even though you may be oozing bile
    And ooh it's neutralized by the salty tears you cry

    The apocalypse will be televised
    The revolution will be tossed aside
    So pledge your allegiance to fat white guys
    While the snowflakes run and hide
    The streets are all filled with fire
    As the soldiers come marching in
    So just mind the fences and the barbed wire
    And make nice with the side that wins
    And oooooh! Oooh!

    Dark politics walks the long plank
    We'll go further than Tiananmen Square
    For every Chinaman who stares down a big tank
    There's a billion who just don't care
    Now the hangman rings the broken bell
    And the reaper he leads the dance
    And the world spins around like a carousel
    Never plays the musical chairs

    Smile! Smile!
    It will be dark here for a good long while
    And ooh there will be times that you want to die
    Smile! Smile!
    And even though you may be oozing bile
    And ooh it's neutralized by the salty tears you cry
    Yeah!

  4. B.... H....

    Never disappoints!!!

  5. K.... R....

    God, this song is so fucking clever.