Hometown Bank

I've got different ideas
And I'm gonna figure it out
If only everybody else would shut their mouths
While I talk to myself

Everyone has got different ideas
And everyone is gonna figure it out
If only everybody else would shut their mouths
While we talk to ourselves

Someone
Someone should put ME in charge
I volunteer to make big decisions

Because
I know how it works (I know how it works)
I know how it works (I know how it works)
I know how it works
At the hometown bank

Everyone is so scared
The world is burning! The tide is turning!
The newsman says he's on our side
But you weren't there
So what's he hiding?

I don't want facts
I don't need truth
I only need my feelings soothed
And I feel weak
I feel afraid
I feel the truth is what I make it

So I've got different ideas
And I'm gonna figure it out
If only everybody else would shut their mouths
While I talk to myself

Someone
Someone should put ME in charge
Someone should validate MY opinions
I volunteer to make big decisions

Because
I know how it works
I know how it works
I know how it works (I know how it works)
I know how it works

I know all about selective hearing
I'm well-read on social engineering
I might eliminate global trade
I know which brown nations to invade
I don't care that the air keeps warming
But I can't stand the immigrants swarming
Why can't everyone see that I'm right?
Why doesn't anyone care that I'm white?
I know, I know

I know how it works
I know how it works
I know how it works
At the hometown bank