Clay Aiken

Voting Doesn't Work

Clay Aiken


Voting doesn't work, 1-2-3 
It's time you know your enemy 
I won't pledge allegiance to hypocrisy
Your democracy, is not for me 
So when we try to change this place
Courtroom pulls an about face 
Fantasies of the master race
Our elections they erase 
See once upon a time we were all free 
When we lived in tribal societies
Peace, peace and harmony 
And everything for the good of family 
Yeah cancer people can't smoke weed 
People voted to be free 
But the facist rule decree
Pigs arresting you and me 

(chorus) 
Voting doesn't work. why?
When they don't like what we say, then they stop it in the courts 
Voting doesn't work. why?
When they don't like what we say, then they stop it in the courts 
Voting doesn't work. why?
When they don't like what we say, then they stop it in the courts 
Voting doesn't work. why?
When they don't like what we say, then they stop it in the courts 

President this, president that 
Represent the ruling class 
One says this (this) one says that (that)
Sounds the same, what choice is that 
See, voting doesn't work 1-2-3 
Coming from the nation of the Cherokee 
How can you choose when you don't have a choice 
How can you choose when you don't have a voice 
Yeah, interest games, their interest rates
Secret power fueled by hate (hate)
Fear for cash
Cash for fear 
Greenspan is the ruler here
Yeah, a pig is a pig
And they took it away 
And I don't give a fuck about the things they say 
It don't mean shit to me 
Voting doesn't work it's easy to see that

Voting doesn't work. why?
When they don't like what we say, then they stop it in the courts 
Voting doesn't work. why?
When they don't like what we say, then they stop it in the courts 
Voting doesn't work. why?
When they don't like what we say, then they stop it in the courts 
Voting doesn't work. why?
When they don't like what we say, then they stop it in the courts 

Voting doesn't work I have seen 
Along with piles of broken treaties 
Your reality produces poverty, spiritually in a nation of greed 
Well, who is working, who is not
Think votes count, well I think not 
Doesn't matter what we say 
Things will always go their way 
Power to the people is just a fantasy
And they sell to us as an american dream 
Power to the people is just a fantasy
And they sell to us as an american dream 
Well your vote counts 1-2-3
Living in democracy 
Everybody here is free 
'Cause it's built for you and it's built for me 

Voting doesn't work, why 
When they don't like what we say they stop it in the courts 
Voting doesn't work, why 
When they don't like what we say they stop it in the courts 
Voting doesn't work, why 
When they don't like what we say they stop it in the courts 
Voting doesn't work, why 
When they don't like what we say they stop it in the courts