Hatfield & Apartment 45 - The Drinking Dead Lyrics

In a bar somewhere in Nowhereville the drinking dead debate
On what went wrong with all mankind and the trouble it must face
Einstein shares his thoughts on the wars that lie ahead
If you wanna change the living, you have to listen to the dead

JFK and Lincoln at a table dealing stud
Talk about the grassy knoll and spilling brother's blood
It don't matter if your politics are blue or if they're red
If you wanna change the living, you have to listen to the dead
If you wanna change the living, you have to listen to the dead

Dr. Martin Luther King and Ghandi both agree
Equality of man just ain't as far as it should be
Color blindness is the only place for us to head
If you wanna change the living, you have to listen to the dead

Teresa of Calcutta with a wine glass in her hand
Quotes the holy book on the tyranny of man
The road to absolution has some obstacles ahead
If you wanna change the living, you have to listen to the dead
If you wanna change the living, you have to listen to the dead

Strumming his guitar Woody Guthrie sings aloud
'Bout fascist pigs and Nazi snakes and the evil-doing crowd
Don't buy the lies they're selling, don't let them in your head
If you wanna change the living, you have to listen to the dead

Orwell raises up his glass, a toast is long past due
The future he predicted has eventually come true
The knowledge in those books is power ready to be read
If you wanna change the living, you have to listen to the dead
If you wanna change the living, you have to listen to the dead

Lest we forget the words spoken in another time
By men and women brave enough to say what's on their mind
The right to share your thoughts is a freedom that some dread
If you wanna change the living, you have to listen to the dead
If you wanna change the living, you have to listen to the dead
If you wanna change the living, you have to listen to the dead