State of the Union - 2002 Remaster

I was talking 'bout the State of the Union
How there's no one now in power thinking of me
I was thinking how we ought to try to fix it
Find a leader who is not afraid to be

Then a voice called out in the darkness
Saying, "Tear the system down" (oh-oh)
Tear it down

I was thinking 'bout how that was very crazy
And I tried to find a way to tell him so
But when I did, I used a word that was quite nasty
How the policeman heard me, man I'll never know

Then a voice called from out of the darkness
Saying, "Tear the system down", (oh)
Tear it down, down to the ground, hmm

I was wrestled off to one side of the theater
And they said I'd have to go right to jail
They don't permit coarse language in their city
But they did accept a large amount of bail

Then a voice called from out of the darkness
Saying, "Tear the system down", oh
Tear it down, down to the ground
Tear it down, down, down, down to down

Oh
We ain't gonna let you tear it down
Oh, oh
Oh, yeah-yeah-yeah
Don't tear it down
Don't you tear it

Don't tear it down
Don't tear it down
Ahh, don't tear it down
Don't, don't, don't, don't tear it down
Oh, oh, oh, oh

Yeah, don't tear it down
Don't tear
Don't tear it down, build it up
Build it up, build it up please
Don't bow
Follow the way folk
Build it up please