The Wrong Man

I was set up
My credit was gone
I was a patsy
In a world gone wrong
Because I revealed
That the truth was a lie
Though I committed no sin
Committed no crime
So they locked me away
And buried the key
So that the world
Would forget about me
Now I'm the boy in the bubble
I'm the link the chain
I'm the cause and the trouble
That's bringing you pain
I was set up
I was deceived
Even my Guardian angel
Cheated on me
Through the media-hype
Political waste
This dirty propaganda
Made me a figure of hate
All I needed
Was a few more days
All I needed
Was a friendly face
All I needed
Was a distant hope
Not a hopeless dream
Going up in smoke
All I needed
Was the air to breathe
All I needed
Was your belief
I wasn't looking for
To change the world
To make my name
Or to fill my purse
Now there's no time
No time to live
No rail for the peace train
On a broken bridge
But when the battle's over
When the fear recedes
You'll see that your demon
Was just little 'ol me
I'm not important
It's not about my voice
I don't call these changes
I don't have such a choice
So please forgive me
If I done you wrong
If I have strayed
From the path we're on
All I'm saying is
It's time to choose
All I'm saying is
The honest truth
We're all living on
A dead end street
People dying
Hungry mouths to feed
Oh, I know
That the pressure's on
I don't know
Where the next buck comes from
Must be something
More to it all
Than sittin' contemplating
Our decline and fall
So be damned
Let's take this stand
Though it won't be easy
We'll follow the plan
With documentary evidence
Undeniable proof
Why deny the ocean?
When it's a mountain of truth
So if you agree
That water makes sand
Why deny the ocean?
When you've got the wrong man
And like the truth is written
Why deny the proof?
Why deny the evidence?
It's the burden of proof
Just for a moment
A moment in time
The truth comes out
And the world will be fine
But if you're looking in the ocean
Why deny the sand?
You're looking in the wrong place
When you've got the wrong man.