i pity the country i pity the state and the mind of a man who thrives on hate small are the lives of cheats and of buyers of bigoted news press fascist town criers deception annoys me deception destroys me the bill of rights throws me in jails they all know me frustrated are churchmen from saving a soul man the tinker the tailor the colonial governor they pull and they paw me they re seeking to draw me away from the roundness of the light silly civil servants they thrive off my body their trip is with power backbacon and welfare police they arrest me materialists detest me pollution it chokes me movies they joke me politicians exploit me city life it jades me hudson bay flees me hunting laws freak me government is bumbling revolution is rumbling to be ruled in impunity is tradition continuity i pity the country i pity the state and the mind of a man who thrives on hate